Al-Yasiri invites to take benefit from international practices in fighting corruption which has become "a universal epidemic threatening all parties"
Deputy of the head of Iranian Inspection Organization: double citizenship stands against recovering accused fugitives abroad
For its faith in mutual international cooperation in the field of fighting corruption and according to the memorandum of understanding signed on Feb 24, 2016 between the Iranian Inspection Organization and COI, the workshop, titled (Iraqi and Iranian Experiences in Fighting Corruption... Successful Practices and Highlights) started on Dec 7th, 2016. The Deputy Head of the Iranian Inspection Organization, Judge Nadir Askar Shukrbeki represented the Iranian party while the Iraqi party was represented by COI Commissioner Dr. Hassan Al-Yasiri and his Deputy, Judge Ezzat Tawfeeg as well as a numbers of DGs in COI and IGs of Ministries.
At the beginning of the workshop, Dr. AL-Yasiri pointed out to the pioneering Iraqi and Iranian experiences in fighting corruption, calling, at the same time, the two parties to invest their successful steps through exchanging expertise, strengthening cooperation ties and taking benefit from the international experiences in fighting corruption "which has become a universal epidemic threatening all countries," asserting the great responsibility on their shoulders being two oversight authorities responsible for protecting peoples` funds.
AL-Yasiri pointed out, while talking during the workshop, the new mechanisms CoI adopted in its oversight duty like dealing with many files included senior officials in power and formed auditing and investigative field teams that reveled files with corruption suspicions in the State`s ministries and institutions, as well as forming mobile inspection teams to observe the level of services provided by the state entities.
AL-Yasiri continued: among the successful experiences CoI went through were activating the file the crime of enrichment on the expense of public funds and following up the inflation of officials` money which is considered as one of the most complex files faced the oversight entities` work for the difficulty of finding the evidence and proof of inflation of the officials` funds abroad and for not declaring the balances of the officials by the banks that incubate those funds. The agreement, between COI and the UN to utilize of UN experts and investigators in some of the international cases, was the last one of the successful steps Dr. Al-Yasiri talked about, noting that this step was described by the UN as brave for it received praises in many international conferences.
Al-Yasiri indicated that CoI`s choice in using the international investigators is limited to their advice, consultation and assistance in approaching foreign parties, particularly in the major international cases of corruption as well as the files of recovering funds and assets.
Deputy of the head of Iranian Inspection Organization: double citizenship stands against recovering accused fugitives abroad
For its faith in mutual international cooperation in the field of fighting corruption and according to the memorandum of understanding signed on Feb 24, 2016 between the Iranian Inspection Organization and COI, the workshop, titled (Iraqi and Iranian Experiences in Fighting Corruption... Successful Practices and Highlights) started on Dec 7th, 2016. The Deputy Head of the Iranian Inspection Organization, Judge Nadir Askar Shukrbeki represented the Iranian party while the Iraqi party was represented by COI Commissioner Dr. Hassan Al-Yasiri and his Deputy, Judge Ezzat Tawfeeg as well as a numbers of DGs in COI and IGs of Ministries.
At the beginning of the workshop, Dr. AL-Yasiri pointed out to the pioneering Iraqi and Iranian experiences in fighting corruption, calling, at the same time, the two parties to invest their successful steps through exchanging expertise, strengthening cooperation ties and taking benefit from the international experiences in fighting corruption "which has become a universal epidemic threatening all countries," asserting the great responsibility on their shoulders being two oversight authorities responsible for protecting peoples` funds.
AL-Yasiri pointed out, while talking during the workshop, the new mechanisms CoI adopted in its oversight duty like dealing with many files included senior officials in power and formed auditing and investigative field teams that reveled files with corruption suspicions in the State`s ministries and institutions, as well as forming mobile inspection teams to observe the level of services provided by the state entities.
AL-Yasiri continued: among the successful experiences CoI went through were activating the file the crime of enrichment on the expense of public funds and following up the inflation of officials` money which is considered as one of the most complex files faced the oversight entities` work for the difficulty of finding the evidence and proof of inflation of the officials` funds abroad and for not declaring the balances of the officials by the banks that incubate those funds. The agreement, between COI and the UN to utilize of UN experts and investigators in some of the international cases, was the last one of the successful steps Dr. Al-Yasiri talked about, noting that this step was described by the UN as brave for it received praises in many international conferences.
Al-Yasiri indicated that CoI`s choice in using the international investigators is limited to their advice, consultation and assistance in approaching foreign parties, particularly in the major international cases of corruption as well as the files of recovering funds and assets.
Al-Yasiri recalled saying, "An issue that might be present in the two countries; is the lack of distinction between political corruption, and administrative and financial corruption, and whose responsible for fighting them?", stressing the need for the legislative and executive authorities, CSOs and the media to carry the responsibility for fighting corruption in all its forms and that the oversight agencies should not only take responsibility for fighting and limiting it.
For his part, the deputy head of Iran`s Inspection Organization, Judge Nadir Askar Shukrbeki, pointed - during his presentation in the workshop, in which he explained the salient cases investigated by the Organization - to the absence of clear features to distinguish between the political corruption, and administrative and financial corruption, stressing that obstinacy to leave a position by some officials may cause them to make mistakes and abuses of public money, and noting that the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran prevent government officials from owning or managing institutions or private companies.
Shukrbeki noted that dual citizenships and the difficulty to recover funds and culprits were among the main problems faced by the two parties, emphasizing that the Iranian judiciary has issued a set of verdicts against senior officials in the State who managed to escape out of the country as the Iranian Republic could not extradite them because they have citizenships in other countries.
The workshop, hosted by the Iraqi Anti-Corruption Academy and is held for three days, included several sessions that discussed a set of researches presented by CoI, the Iranian Organization and a number of inspectors-general. The Iraqi party presented researches including a research, entitled (The Legal Framework of CoI`s Work & The Iranian Inspection Organization) by the Director-General of the Iraqi Anti-Corruption Academy, Dr. Basim Al-Uqabi; a research, labeled (Frameworks of Cooperation with Oversight Bodies, and Legislative, Executive and Judicial Authorities) presented by the Inspector-General in the Ministry of Finance, Maher Hussein Rasheed; a research (Methods of Inspection and Managing Reporting, Complaints and Protecting Informers) presented by the Assistant Director-General of CoI`s Office of Investigations, Kareem Badr; and a research, marked (The Adopted Bases in Preparing Programs, Planning and Anti-Corruption Strategy) presented by the Director of Comprehensive Quality And Institutional Development, Muhsin Muhammad Hassan.
The Iranian party explained - through the worksheets it presented to the workshop - the types of corruption, the institutions concerned with fighting it under Iranian laws, and the role assigned to the Organization being an oversight body concerned with monitoring the legislative, executive and judicial powers by a system of inspectors-general working under it, while defining the mechanisms it follows in the control and inspection, as well as the functions and the concerned institutions.
Noteworthy to mention that Iraq represented by CoI, and the Islamic Republic of Iran represented by the General Inspection Organization had signed last February, in the Iranian capital Tehran, a memorandum of understanding for developing the ties of joint cooperation in the field of fighting corruption, including several items, such as mutual legal assistance in any of the available fields, and methods of exchanging experiences, information and new technologies. End
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For his part, the deputy head of Iran`s Inspection Organization, Judge Nadir Askar Shukrbeki, pointed - during his presentation in the workshop, in which he explained the salient cases investigated by the Organization - to the absence of clear features to distinguish between the political corruption, and administrative and financial corruption, stressing that obstinacy to leave a position by some officials may cause them to make mistakes and abuses of public money, and noting that the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran prevent government officials from owning or managing institutions or private companies.
Shukrbeki noted that dual citizenships and the difficulty to recover funds and culprits were among the main problems faced by the two parties, emphasizing that the Iranian judiciary has issued a set of verdicts against senior officials in the State who managed to escape out of the country as the Iranian Republic could not extradite them because they have citizenships in other countries.
The workshop, hosted by the Iraqi Anti-Corruption Academy and is held for three days, included several sessions that discussed a set of researches presented by CoI, the Iranian Organization and a number of inspectors-general. The Iraqi party presented researches including a research, entitled (The Legal Framework of CoI`s Work & The Iranian Inspection Organization) by the Director-General of the Iraqi Anti-Corruption Academy, Dr. Basim Al-Uqabi; a research, labeled (Frameworks of Cooperation with Oversight Bodies, and Legislative, Executive and Judicial Authorities) presented by the Inspector-General in the Ministry of Finance, Maher Hussein Rasheed; a research (Methods of Inspection and Managing Reporting, Complaints and Protecting Informers) presented by the Assistant Director-General of CoI`s Office of Investigations, Kareem Badr; and a research, marked (The Adopted Bases in Preparing Programs, Planning and Anti-Corruption Strategy) presented by the Director of Comprehensive Quality And Institutional Development, Muhsin Muhammad Hassan.
The Iranian party explained - through the worksheets it presented to the workshop - the types of corruption, the institutions concerned with fighting it under Iranian laws, and the role assigned to the Organization being an oversight body concerned with monitoring the legislative, executive and judicial powers by a system of inspectors-general working under it, while defining the mechanisms it follows in the control and inspection, as well as the functions and the concerned institutions.
Noteworthy to mention that Iraq represented by CoI, and the Islamic Republic of Iran represented by the General Inspection Organization had signed last February, in the Iranian capital Tehran, a memorandum of understanding for developing the ties of joint cooperation in the field of fighting corruption, including several items, such as mutual legal assistance in any of the available fields, and methods of exchanging experiences, information and new technologies. End
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