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The authorities of Saudi Arabia announced that they had launched a criminal investigation for corruption in the Ministry of Defense in the amount of 325 million dollars.
The Saudi Anti-Corruption Commission says the investigation, which includes dozens of officials and businessmen, is among 158 corruption cases.
The cases also included employees of the finance, health and education ministries.
The Saudi Press Agency said that “various officers and officials working in the Defense Ministry, along with others, have been shown to have been involved in suspicious financial transactions, committing bribery offenses, exploiting the office’s influence and fraud. , wasting public money and laundering money, to achieve illicit financial gains worth one billion, 229 million and 400 thousand “. MR “.
He added that the commission had investigated “48 people, and the investigations ended with 44 of them charged. Currently, work is being done to recover the funds looted from the public purse.”
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, considered the de facto ruler of the country, boasts of having a massive campaign against corruption as a top priority.
And in 2017, hundreds of princes, ministers and businessmen were locked up in the luxurious Ritz-Carlton – their demands to pay millions of dollars for their freedom.
