Yesterday , Wednesday, the Iraqi judiciary in Nineveh Governorate issued a 7- year prison sentence and a fine of 15 billion Iraqi dinars against a person convicted of money laundering and financing terrorism. This is the first ruling of its kind in the governorate .
A security source in Nineveh said , “The Nineveh Criminal Court, the first body specialized in money laundering and terrorist financing cases, issued a ruling convicting the accused (N.Kh.) and sentencing him to 7 years in prison and a fine of 15 billion Iraqi dinars .”
He explained that the ruling also included “the confiscation of 8 properties in accordance with the provisions of Article 36 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Law No. 39 of 2015,” indicating that “the confiscation of the eight properties was the result of crimes of tampering and forgery in the real estate files at the Real Estate Registration Directorate in Al-Zahour .”
The source, who requested not to be named , continued, saying, “Such a ruling is the first of its kind in considering and issuing rulings for such crimes in Nineveh Governorate .”
