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July 17, 2010Bureau announced to combat economic crime of the Ministry of the Interior
On Saturday, close to begin a major campaign to close the printing presses and offices of the banking is not permissible in all Iraqi provinces, except the provinces of the territory, with the central bank said it was monitoring the work of banking offices approved only and are not illegal ones.
An official relations and media in the Office to Combat Economic Crime promised al-Asadi said in an interview for "Alsumaria News", "The Interior Ministry formed a committee to follow-up, inventory and census presses civil and banking offices, the closure of the informal, including", noting that "the Committee consisting of the Office to Combat Economic Crime Department Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Culture and the Office of the Anti-Money Laundering Group of the Central Bank."
The al-Asadi, "The campaign will begin next Tuesday, and will include Iraq's provinces except the Kurdistan region, and will be shut down if not permissible, including", noting that "there was a warning to the owners of printing presses and offices were approved and granted a period of one month for special leave, and they have the deadline expired on 15 of July of this month. "
The Asadi that "there are a lot of presses printed and issued counterfeit currency, in addition to religious books that call for religious extremism, are also some of them forged identity cards and official documents, within some of the banking offices of unauthorized transfer of illicit money abroad without the monitoring and follow-up to her" .
For his part, said Advisor to the Governor Central Bank of Iraq the appearance of Mohammed Salih in an interview with "Alsumaria News",
"The Central Bank of Iraq, who supervises the banking offices and companies, foreign exchange, by giving them licenses to practice the profession in Iraq, but that some of these offices operate in the offices of non-official ".
Saleh added that "There are some banking offices and companies of foreign-exchange function in unstable parts of a security or in the offices of double work, and thus would be far from the control of Central Bank of Iraq," noting that the census and inventory of banking offices and companies, foreign exchange, accounting and closed shops is approved the work of these offices will be organized under the laws of the central bank and controls and under his supervision.
The number of banking offices and remittance companies in Iraq at present about 370 companies, and paid up capital of 600 million dollars, and are entitled to open branches in all governorates of Iraq, and operates in accordance with the controls Central Bank of Iraq, some of these offices operate in grocery stores, fabrics and other informally.
The number of banking offices and remittance companies in Iraq at present about 370 companies, and paid up capital of 600 million dollars, and are entitled to open branches in all governorates of Iraq, and operates in accordance with the controls Central Bank of Iraq, some of these offices operate in grocery stores, fabrics and other informally.