Abadi spokesman: continue to return smuggled money and assets from abroad

09:44 - 27/07/2018


A spokesman for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office Saad al-Hadithi said on Friday that the government is continuing its work to recover money smuggled by corrupt officials as well as financial assets in international banks.

Al-Hadithi said in a statement to Al-Maaloumah that "the government is seeking to recover all the Iraqi funds that are in the international banks, whether under the former regime or in the current period."

"There has been ongoing work and discussions since last years with governments of countries with financial assets to Iraq before 2003," he said.

"The government is also seeking to recover the money smuggled by corrupt officials, where there is cooperation from Interpol and the World Bank in terms of money smuggled and money laundering," he said. End 25 n




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