Shafaq News- Baghdad

Iraqi security forces have arrested the head of the legal department, Sara Alaa, at the country's Investment Commission on suspicion of corruption, a security source told Shafaq News on Monday.

The case centers on suspicions that Alaa pressured on investment companies for improper gain, the source said, without giving further detail.

In July, Avesta Mam Yahya, a member of the Iraqi parliament's Investment Committee, said 21 corruption cases involving the commission were under investigation, including alleged fraud against investors from the Kurdistan Region.

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