Government parliamentary move to recover looted funds, 18 FEB

  Government parliamentary move to recover looted funds

Information / Baghdad.The Parliamentary Integrity Committee confirmed on Sunday a high-level move to uncover corruption files and recover looted funds inside and outside Iraq.

\Committee member Bassem Khashan told Al-Maalouma that "there is direct and high-level coordination with the Federal Integrity Commission and state institutions to uncover major corruption files."

He added, "The Parliamentary Integrity Committee continues its work in detecting corruption and preventing the waste and theft of public money to put an end to this dangerous phenomenon in Iraq."

Khashan pointed out that "the integrity committee in the House of Representatives has worked and continues to uncover files of corruption and waste of public money and put those involved behind bars."

The Parliamentary Integrity Committee recommended earlier the need to legislate a law for a new supervisory body to replace inspectors general working within government institutions whose task is to address the negatives and reduce corruption.