Iraq court seizes 27 billion dinars in corruption case tied to ex-oil ministry official

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court has seized 27 billion Iraqi dinars as part of a corruption investigation linked to Adnan Jamili, a former director general at the Oil Ministry's Liquidation Department who is a detained defendant in the case, the investigating judge said. Judge Ziya Jaafar said the funds were traced to financial gains obtained through irregularities in projects carried out by Jamili and other parties involved in the case. The cash was found concealed alongside individuals connected to Jamili and others named in the file, according to the judge. Jaafar said judicial proceedings are continuing intensively to identify all individuals connected to the investigation, and that work remains underway to determine additional parties believed to be part of the case. No further details were immediately available.