Sunday, March 13, 2011

The head of SWAT in Iraq arrested for corruption

Baghdad. (Reuters) The head of SWAT in Iraq, Brigadier General Numan Dakhil, corruption has been arrested late on Friday after he managed to escape the authorities the day before, as confirmed on Saturday Sabah al Saedi , a member of the Integrity Committee, pursuing corruption offenses. Dakhil was filmed accepting a bribe of $ 50,000 (36,000 euros) to a contractor.

Last Thursday, "eight Integrity Committee investigators caught him when he was receiving bribes from the contractor," said Saedi. However, he escaped after his bodyguards were facing researchers. "The incident has been recorded with judicial permission," he added Saedi. Corruption is one of the biggest problems in Iraq since the U.S.

invasion occurred in 2003 and heads the list of world's most corrupt countries compiled by Transparency International.

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