Official and His Two Sons Apprehended for Extortion in Mosul Municipality Auctions

rafidainscope - The Federal Integrity Commission announced the apprehension of an employee at the Mosul Municipality Directorate, along with his two sons, for their involvement in extorting citizens and demanding financial sums to deter them from participating in the directorate's public auctions. The Commission stated that an investigative team visited the municipality headquarters acting on judicial orders, where the suspects were caught in the act of abusing their official positions to extort individuals interested in leasing a commercial property in eastern Nineveh, aiming to monopolize the auction in their favor. Official records of the operation were documented, and the suspects were referred to judicial authorities, who ordered their detention under the penal code pending further legal proceedings.