The Bar Association praises the looted money recovery conference and identifies legal and political obstacles to its recovery

by **RamblerNash** Tue Sep 14, 2021 9:54 pm

Tuesday 14 September 2021 22:32

Baghdad / NINA / - The Iraqi Bar Association praised the conference to recover Iraq's looted funds, scheduled to be held tomorrow, Wednesday, and described it as "an appropriate opportunity to discuss this vital issue affecting the future of Iraq, towards achieving justice and protecting Iraq and its people."

The President of the Bar, Diaa Al-Saadi, said in a letter addressed to the conference: "The announcement by the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, to seek to recover about (150) billion dollars that have been smuggled out of Iraq since 2003, is a preliminary report, while there are much more estimates."

He added: "There are legal and political obstacles that prevent this, including the lack of a unified political will, as well as the fear of harassment by some influential parties and their armed arms, which made many citizens consider that the purpose of the law is nothing but propaganda and political consumption."

He stressed: "The matter requires an accurate information base, the use of financial auditing companies and international courts, while strengthening the government's demand for evidence and concluding bilateral agreements with some countries to extradite the accused, in accordance with legal and judicial conditions and international treaties," noting: "There is another type of corruption and smuggling." Funds abroad, represented by government contracts and contracts, bribery and forgery that accompanied them, and if the Iraqi government seeks to obtain judicial decisions in the courts, then pressure can be placed on foreign countries that pay lip service to banking secrecy, which requires the assistance of the international community to reveal documents and information, whether What is related to money laundering, smuggling or illegal trade.”

He added, "The international police (Interpol) can be used, and this includes dual nationals."

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