Shafaq News-Baghdad
Iraq's IntegrityCommission raided farms owned by Services Alliance (Khadamat) leader ShiblAl-Zaidi and former Labor Minister and Coordination Framework leader AhmedAl-Asadi in Baghdad on Sunday, a security source told Shafaq News.
The raid onAl-Zaidi's farm was part of a search for money suspected to be buried on theproperty, the source said. A second team simultaneously raided Al-Asadi's farmin the same area.
Both operationswere still underway at the time of reporting,the source added.
An Iraqi government source told Shafaq News earlier thisweek that the return of stolen funds and confiscation of assets acquired withpublic money could recover about 10 trillion dinars ($7.6 billion). Authoritieshave also named 40 individuals suspected of corruption, among them fourlawmakers, serving and former deputy ministers, directors-general,intermediaries, and prominent business owners from across Iraq's communities.
On June 28, the Iraqi government launched the “DawnCrackdown” (Sawlat Al-Fajr) anti-corruption campaign. Official numbers revealat least 47 arrests during its first 24 hours, while Federal Commission ofIntegrity sources placed the number at 67 and said the operation could targetmore than 200 suspects.
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