Ten Diyala officials detained in corruption probe as Baghdad opens new case files

BAGHDAD, Iraq — A corruption investigation in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province has led to the detention of 10 government employees, including a former department director, according to a government source. Most of the detentions, carried out in less than a week, were concentrated in Baqubah, northeast of Baghdad. The source said the case files were authorized in Baghdad and that investigative teams are reviewing a large number of files as part of a wider campaign targeting financial and administrative irregularities. Officials said the goal is to expose violations of the law and hold those responsible to account. The probe covers allegations of accumulated financial and administrative corruption in Diyala dating back roughly a decade. Investigations against all 10 detainees are ongoing, the source added, with no further details immediately available.