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00:00 "At the summit of the governments, a large number of Iraq's people participated, as well as ministers and bodies.
00:08 We participated as a monitoring device, the United Discipline and Discipline Committee, with the UAE Accounting Department,
00:14 in public sessions and also in special dialogue sessions, which will be held tomorrow,
00:19 which are specialized in monitoring and in the corruption fight bodies.
00:23 "Of course, in Iraq, we have worked in the field of corruption fight bodies, since a year ago, in a different way.
00:30 First, we opened international relations through memorandums of understanding and international agreements on corruption fight bodies,
00:37 and opened the doors of the corrupt protesters outside Iraq, and also the return of the foreign emigrants.
00:42 The United Discipline and Discipline Committee, in addition to its duty as an independent body,
00:46 was inspired by the government programs and the ministerial approach, its priorities,
00:53 which are, first, the fight against corruption, and second, the fight against poverty, the fight against unemployment,
00:57 and the provision of services, as well as the security, economic and economic development,
01:02 and opened the doors of investment and participation with the private sector.
01:06 All these doors are a success, that we first succeed in the fight against corruption.
01:13 We have worked with the government, the judiciary, and the Iraqi Parliament in the field of corruption fight bodies,
01:19 and we have achieved many unprecedented achievements in the past year.
01:24 Let us ask you, during the past year, what was achieved, in particular,
01:28 in terms of the value of the money that was withdrawn and prepared,
01:32 and also what about the estimates of the money that was smuggled abroad, how much is it worth now?
01:37 In fact, in the criminal and re-enactment side, the United Discipline and Discipline Committee
01:42 has worked in the field of investigative procedures and the liberation of crimes,
01:46 and we have recorded more than 35,000 news reports during the year,
01:51 and also, from these reports, 26,500 investigative cases have been submitted to the judiciary.
02:01 Some of these cases are major crimes, and we are working to achieve them.
02:07 We have achieved, through this, a lot of money withdrawn through the arrest of the accused,
02:12 and the withdrawal of the money that they stole,
02:16 and it was tens of millions of dollars, and also more than 50 to 60 billion Iraqi dinars,
02:26 which were withdrawn from the crimes, and also more than 100 billion Iraqi dinars were saved from the money that was stolen.
02:33 If we calculate the numbers, we will submit them in our program and in our annual conference,
02:39 soon, in a year, God willing.
02:41 The money that was withdrawn abroad, how much is it worth?
02:44 In fact, there is no precise estimate of the money that was withdrawn due to corruption.
02:49 The United Discipline and Discipline Committee works on two sides, of course.
02:51 First, the money that was withdrawn due to corruption and was stolen, and it is a lot,
02:56 not less than billions of dollars, in fact.
02:59 We also work on the withdrawal of the money that was withdrawn during the previous regime,
03:04 through the Iraqi money withdrawal fund,
03:06 and we have withdrawn, recently, from Switzerland, through the US Federal Bank,
03:11 150 million dollars were withdrawn by Iraq.
03:15 We have withdrawn 26 million dollars from the Kuwaiti state.
03:18 It was part of our embassy's account during the previous regime.
03:22 We also withdrew money from inside Iraq,
03:24 approximately 20 million dollars, and also other related money.
03:27 This is part of the fund, and it is a part of the previous regime's money, which the Discipline Committee also works on.
03:31 In addition to the money that was withdrawn due to corruption,
03:33 we have withdrawn a sum of money from the United Arab Emirates,
03:37 the original amount of money that was stolen from Iraq during the previous regime's fall,
03:41 and it was the first payment.
03:44 We also work on the arrest of the accused by force.
03:46 We have arrested many accused from the United Arab Emirates,
03:49 the Kingdom of Oman, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Malaysia, and many other countries.
03:57 We have arrested, during the past year, 18 accused from abroad,
04:03 and we are currently working on the arrest of more than 20 accused who have been arrested in the countries.
04:07 Among them, in the United Arab Emirates, we have the accused,
04:11 General Nouras, who was the General Director of the Babel Health Department.
04:16 He surrendered to us, but we are still in the process of submitting him.
04:19 We also have the accused, Hamdi Jaf, who is still in the process of submission.
04:22 Are there any amendments to the current Discipline Committee's law, and when do you expect it to be finalized?
04:27 Of course, we have already talked about the disciplinary side,
04:30 but we have another side that works on the Discipline Committee,
04:32 the protection side and the legislation side.
04:34 On the legislation side, a law has been prepared to get information,
04:38 and the Ministerial Council has voted on it,
04:41 and it has now gone to the Council of the appointed cabinet.
04:44 Next week, it will be the first reading of this law.
04:48 This is a transparent law, which is part of our obligations in the General Agreement.
04:54 When do you expect it to be finalized and started to be implemented?
04:56 The legislation will be implemented, and it will open a wide horizon for the press, media, and citizens,
05:02 to get information easily, and they can even get to know the money spent on the projects.
05:07 We also have a law on the return of corruption in the current vote on it in the Ministerial Council.
05:13 We also have a law on the second amendment to the Law on the Discipline Committee and the illegal gain,
05:18 which is the 30th of November, the modified one.
05:20 In the current vote on it in the Ministerial Council,
05:23 there are simple amendments, and the vote will be returned, God willing, and many projects will be achieved.
05:27 In the case of the accident, we carried out a campaign, "Where did you get this from?"
05:30 which is the process of gaining money through the illegal gain.
05:33 We have received more than 6 million dollars, and also tens of millions of Iraqi dollars.
05:40 We ask the person, the employee, or the official who has proof of where this money came from,
05:47 if you prove it, it will remain with him, and if you touch it, it will be legalized, and it will go back to the state, and it will be on the easy way.
05:52 We know that the century was stolen. Where did it reach now?
05:54 The tax insurance was stolen.
05:56 More than 30 people have been accused of it.
05:59 A part of the money that was stolen was confiscated, and Tunisia represents a part of it,
06:04 maybe less than 10%.
06:06 The judge is currently working on the confiscation,
06:09 because the case is now in the hands of the investigation judge,
06:12 the judge of the Corruption Crimes Court.
06:15 We are working with him to support and continue the case until the case is resolved.
06:20 The accused, some of them are in custody, some of them are fleeing.
06:22 God willing, in the coming few months,
06:27 they will be brought to the court to be tried, and they will be punished according to the law.