Tuesday 7 March 2017

Details of the report from the US State Department about corruption in the Kurdistan Region.

Spread corruption and lack of transparency on oil income is a serious problem in the region, with this sentence begins the evaluation of the US State Department about the level of corruption in the region, according to the report about Human Rights in 2016.
The report includes many fields but here we shed light only on the part regarding corruption.
The reason for corruption in the report shows lack of monitoring of  the use of budget and the weakness of Integrity Commission while their work is hindered.
The report has shows that KRG has started to sue some corruption cases and mentions the arrest of ex wife of oil minister who is charged with a corruption worth 276 million dollars.
The report also mentions the arrest of Region Central Bank and his deputy related to corruption.
The report according to information from the Integrity Commission discover that high-ranking people in the power elite has filled a form to give the authority access of information about their income and property.

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