Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2013 Former Iraqi Finance Minister Taif Sami has been officially summoned by a court and put on a judicial wanted list as authorities broaden a corruption probe that has reached high political and government officials, according to sources.<\/p>\n
Sami is thought to be outside Iraq and has not been captured. <\/p>\n
The alleged court action is part of an inquiry and does not prove misconduct or lead to a conviction.<\/p>\n
The revelation comes as Iraq\u2019s new administration steps up its anti-corruption effort, which has already resulted in the detention of important political personalities and bureaucrats.<\/p>\n
Former Salah al-Din governor Ahmed al-Jubouri, often known as Abu Mazen, was detained in Baghdad recently on suspicions of misusing public contract funds. <\/p>\n
A close acquaintance was also arrested as part of the inquiry.<\/p>\n
The new charges stem from a big operation in Baghdad\u2019s highly protected Green Zone in late June, when Iraq\u2019s Counter-Terrorism Service detained numerous officials as part of a larger corruption probe. <\/p>\n
According to reports at the time, authorities were looking into claims involving government contracts and huge sums of public money.<\/p>\n
Sami, the previous administration\u2019s finance minister under former Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani, was one of Iraq\u2019s most significant economic leaders, responsible for handling the federal budget, government expenditures, and financial ties between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region.<\/p>\n
The purported summons therefore implies a potentially major extension of the probe against individuals who formerly held top positions inside the Iraqi state.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi\u2019s administration has prioritized combating corruption and improving state institutions as part of its domestic agenda to boost public trust and reassure international investors.<\/p>\n
With the arrest of Abu Mazen and the rumored legal proceedings against Sami, Iraq\u2019s anti-corruption campaign is gaining traction among established political players. <\/p>\n
However, the claims are still being examined, and individuals who are being arrested have the right to due process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) \u2013 Former Iraqi Finance Minister Taif Sami has been officially summoned by a court and put…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[1711,11283,7833,94,1433,362],"class_list":["post-242414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-baghdad","tag-budget","tag-corruption","tag-iraq","tag-kurdish","tag-kurdistan"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117066919291908478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}