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PM Directs The Need To Work Within An Integrated And Continuous System Between The Agencies Concerned With Economic Crime

The Prime Minister, Muhammad Al-Sudani, directed the need to work within an integrated and continuous system between the agencies concerned with economic crime and the continuation of the pursuit of speculators, currency smugglers, and evaders from paying customs and taxes. .

A statement by his media office said that the Prime Minister, Muhammad Al-Sudani, chaired today, Thursday, a meeting that included officials and representatives of government and security agencies concerned with combating and prosecuting economic crime.

During the meeting, current efforts were followed up in tracking down currency smugglers, criminal networks, and elements working to sabotage the local economy and violating the law and people's rights.

The Prime Minister made it clear that these efforts receive special attention from the government, as it is a pillar of economic reform and the fight against corruption.

In the field of precautionary executive measures, the Prime Minister directed a study of the deployment of mobile or fixed checkpoints on the main roads linking the border crossings, in order to limit the transfer or smuggling of unmarked goods and commodities that harm the Iraqi economy through their illegal entry into the country./ End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency