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| Saudi attorney general: Corruption settlements top $107 bln |
| 2018-01-31 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... ’s Public Prosecutor has confirmed that investigations into corruption cases in the kingdom has nearly finished and has released information on the results so far. In a statement, Saudi Attorney General Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said that a total of 381 people were summoned by the Commission, many of whom agreed to testify. Meanwhile, ...back at the cheese factory, all the pieces finally fell together in Fluffy's mind... 56 of those summoned are still being held in detention pending further investigations. "The Attorney General explained that the estimated value of settlement amounts exceeded 400 billion riyals represented in several assets (real estate, companies, securities, cash and others)," a statement from the prosecutor’s office read. Saudi authorities ealier announced that they had released all remaining detainees from Riyadh's opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which had been used as an interrogation center in a crackdown on corruption. The news signaled that the three-month-old probe, in which dozens of brass hats and businessmen were detained by Sherlocks who said they aimed to seize some $100 billion of illicit assets, was drawing to a close. |
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