Iraq | Four government employees were arrested in bribery cases in Baghdad | CUAC

Civil Union - Follow-ups The Iraqi Federal Integrity Commission announced the arrest of four government employees in three separate anti-bribery operations in the capital, Baghdad, while judicial decisions were issued to arrest them pending investigation. The authority stated that the first operation resulted in the arrest of the official of the Violations Division in the Abu Ghraib municipality, on suspicion of receiving a bribe in exchange for refraining from removing an encroachment on state-owned land. In the second operation, two employees of the Sadr City Municipality were arrested on suspicion of receiving a bribe from the owner of a bakery in exchange for removing concrete barriers in front of him. An employee in the Rusafa Implementation Department was also arrested for requesting a sum of money in exchange for conducting an inspection to vacate a property. The Authority explained that the arrest decisions were issued by the competent judicial authorities, in accordance with the provisions of Resolution No. (160 of 1983). Source: 964 Media Network, Baghdad.