The head of the Integrity Commission in Iraq, Judge Haidar Hanoon, announced the imminent transfer of three suspects in corruption cases from Syria, Jordan, and Belarus. Judge Hanoon stated in a press conference that "the last recoveries of suspects include the first suspect currently being extradited from the Syrian Arab Republic, which is the suspect Issam Mufaq Jassem, accused of stealing 760 million Iraqi dinars from the Rashid Bank branch at the University of Maysan and sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison."
He noted that "the second suspect is the convicted Janan Jawad Abdul Ali Al-Qaisi, who was arrested in Belarus and is currently in the process of extradition. She is responsible for 6.5 billion Iraqi dinars, having worked in the Ministry of Health in 2008 and embezzled funds under fictitious names and contracts. She was sentenced to 7 years in absentia."
Judge Hanoon also mentioned that "the third suspect, Saif Ahmed Abdul Khalifa, was arrested in Jordan and is sentenced to 7 years in absentia in Iraq," confirming that "these suspects will soon be brought to Iraq after completing the paperwork for their investigations." Regarding the tax trust case, Hanoon confirmed that "this crime involves 30 suspects, including those in detention, those released on bail, and fugitives," adding that "the Integrity Commission has completed the file, and it is currently with the competent investigative court in its final stages before moving to a trial court to prosecute the suspects according to the law, no matter how long it takes, they will be tried."
