Intelligence Seizes $806,000 In The Possession Of “Exchange Rate Speculators”
Thursday, November 9, 2023 Baghdad / National News Center Today, Thursday, the Ministry of the Interior announced the seizure of 806,370 thousand dollars that were in the possession of smuggling gangs and speculators in the price of the dollar through a network spreading between Baghdad and a group of governorates, and anti-organized crime detachments were on the lookout for them by arresting them red-handed.
The Ministry said in a statement received by the National News Center,
“As part of a series of specific objectives achieved by the Organized Crime Directorate within the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency, our detachments received accurate information about a group of smuggling gangs and speculators carrying out the price of the dollar, through their practice of an operation... Conducting transfers inside and outside the country and buying and selling the dollar currency, contrary to the instructions of the Central Bank, which would harm the national economy.” She continued,
“Immediately, our detachments specialized in combating organized crime formed a specialized intelligence and technical team to investigate and collect information about these speculators, and
after completing the technical investigations and judicial approvals, our detachments began raiding more than one specific target within Baghdad Governorate and a group of governorates, which resulted in the arrest of a group of speculators and seized sums of money estimated at 806,370 thousand US dollars.”
She added, “When interrogating the defendants, they frankly admitted to making transfers at home and abroad and buying and selling dollars in contravention of the instructions of the Central Bank.”
She confirmed, “Recording their statements and referring them to the relevant authorities in preparation for their appearance before the judiciary and trial in accordance with the Money Laundering Law, which stipulates the confiscation of their funds obtained as a result of money laundering operations so that they receive their just punishment.” https://nnciraq.com/236030/