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The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority<\/a> has announced the opening of criminal cases against a number of officers and civil servants of the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense for involvement in suspicious financial transactions of about $ 328 million.<\/p>\n

Authorities have indicted at least 51 people on corruption charges, according to the Saudi SPA news agency.<\/p>\n

The commission investigated \u00ab48 parties, including 19 employees of the Ministry of Defense, 3 government employees, 18 businessmen, and 8 employees working for companies contracting with the joint forces, including 3 foreigners\u00bb.<\/p>\n

According to the prosecution, the defendants had made illicit financial gains amounting to 328 million dollars. Currently, work is underway to recover the looted funds to the state treasury.<\/p>\n

The Saudi authorities have opened 158 corruption criminal cases since the end of October against 226 citizens and residents of the Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Among high-profile cases, the authorities filed corruption charges against the director of quality management in a municipality in one of the governorates and his two brothers for accepting bribes amounting to $ 6 million, as well as against a retired major general from the Ministry of National Guard for accepting bribes amounting to $ 2 million.<\/p>\n

The authorities pledged to maintain its clampdown on those abusing their positions in public office for personal gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority has announced the opening of criminal cases against a number of officers and civil servants of the Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense for involvement in suspicious financial transactions of about $ 328 million. Authorities have indicted at least 51 people on corruption charges, according to the Saudi SPA news agency. 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