Integrity brings down a member of the Martyrs Committee in Wasit caught in the act of bribery.

The Federal Integrity Commission announced today, Sunday, that it has managed to apprehend a member of the subcommittee of the Martyrs Foundation in Wasit Province caught red-handed receiving a financial bribe from a citizen in exchange for processing his transaction, and he has been detained pending investigation in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 160 of 1983.

The Commission stated in a statement received by the News Video Agency that the accused deliberately obstructed the completion of the citizen's transaction before asking him for a sum of money as a bribe in exchange for completing it. It indicated that a team from the Wasit Investigation Office quickly set up an elaborate sting operation after completing the investigative work and obtaining judicial approvals, and was able to apprehend him in the act while receiving the first installment of the agreed-upon bribe amount.

The Commission added that an official record of the operation was organized and presented along with the accused to the investigating judge of the Wasit Court specializing in integrity cases, who decided to detain him pending investigation.