Kuwait | 71 Defendants Referred to Criminal Court in KD 8.66 Million Corruption Case | CUAC

Civil Union – Follow-up Kuwait’s Public Prosecution has referred 71 defendants to the Criminal Court, including public officials, some of whom hold senior and supervisory positions, along with 28 commercial entities, in connection with a case involving the manipulation of procedures and documents related to agricultural holdings and plots administered by the Public Authority for Agriculture and Fisheries. The Public Prosecution stated that investigations uncovered alleged crimes including bribery, deliberate damage to public funds, forgery, money laundering, and illicit enrichment. The alleged offenses involved manipulating procedures and documents concerning agricultural holdings and plots, resulting in financial benefits and usufruct rights. According to the prosecution’s statement, the value of the funds and benefits involved in the alleged corruption amounted to KWD 8,662,296, arising from the trading of usufruct rights over state-owned real estate. The Public Prosecution confirmed that evidence in the case was strengthened by technical reports issued by the Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) and the Kuwait Financial Intelligence Unit, before the defendants were referred to the Criminal Court to stand trial in accordance with the law. Source: Kuwait Public Prosecution; details reported by Al Rai and Al Jarida newspapers.