April 24, 2010
The United States have indicated their willingness to hand over Iraqis accused of corruption
بغداد ـ عمر عبد اللطيف Baghdad, Omar Abdel-Latif
The U.S. side expressed its full readiness to hand over former Iraqi officials residing in the United States accused of corruption as to whether the Iraqi government requested it.
Promise of a coordinated anti-corruption office at the American Embassy Ambassador Joseph Stafford In a special statement (morning) re-former officials accused of corruption and currently residing in the United States could be key pointing to the existence of specific international procedures must be applied is to provide an official letter from the state obtained where such cases to its counterpart where the person was required, whether official or private person, asking for cooperation in this area and recovered to stand trial, noting that this procedure can be done by any country in the world.
He called for building capacity of experts on the Iraqi side, including officials in the Department of Legal Affairs in the form of integrity, promoting and providing and identify the claimant to recover the defendants residing in a number of countries.
Stafford said the implementation of several programs to support the efforts of the Integrity Commission in the fight against corruption, pointing to the presence of representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice in Baghdad to deliver a Mhazerat within the training sessions for investigators and staff of the agency to build their capacity in the fight against corruption as well as consultations continued at the American Embassy in Baghdad with officials of the body to provide adequate information about the American experience in the field of combating corruption and the importance of educating the public to support efforts in this direction.
He cautioned that all countries in the world, including the United States faces a major challenge to reduce corruption, pointing to the existence of significant progress in building capacity of government institutions related to combating corruption in Iraq, such as the Integrity Commission and the inspectors general and the Office of Financial Control.
Description of the national strategy to combat corruption returned them as very clear evidence of the commitment of the Iraqi government and people of the promotion of integrity and reducing corruption.
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