Baghdad – IA
Today, Tuesday, the Federal Integrity Commission announced monitoring waste of public money in Basra worth 4 billion dinars.
A statement by the authority, received by the (INA), stated that “the staff of the Investigation Department in Basra carried out seizure operations in the General Ports Company and the Real Estate Registration Directorate,” indicating that “a waste amounting to (4,000,000,000) billion dinars of public money was seized.” “.
The statement added, “The Basra Investigation Directorate’s team, which moved to the General Company for Iraqi Ports, monitored the existence of a waste of public money after seizing a disbursement document worth (4,000,000,000) billion dinars,” noting that “the amount was disbursed to one of the companies working in the dock rehabilitation project.” In the port of Khor Al-Zubair, despite the lack of economic feasibility of the project.”
The statement explained: “In the customs of the Great Welcome Yard in the port of Umm Qasr, (57) containers were seized that had not been inspected or demarcated, and it was sufficient to prepare a fake inspection; to evade customs duties that amounted to more than (110,000,000) million dinars,” explaining “The examination and completion of transactions were carried out, although some of the containers were still on board the ship.”
The statement pointed out that, “In the Real Estate Registration Directorate, the real estate registration notes were seized after its ownership was transferred from the Ministry of Finance, following the discovery of violations in the transfer process.” It continued, “The team that moved to the Zubair Municipality Directorate and the Real Estate Registration Supervisory Department seized the real estate real estate records, after noticing There is a trespass and possession by a person of the property, which is owned by the municipality.”