(MENAFN)An Iraqi court removed USD1.6 million and gold bars from Daesh.
“USD1.6 million, gold and silver coins and gold bars were found in the Old City of Mosul while carrying out works to remove the rubble of the destroyed houses," state the Nineveh Court.
The court also declared that "The funds and the mentioned materials were hidden in plastic barrels and buried at a depth of 3 meters underground …..Daesh was using the sums to finance its terrorist operations.”
The Daesh/ISIS terrorist group seized Mosul, Salahuddin and Anbar provinces and parts of Diyala and Kirkuk which were recalled by Iraqi forces in 2017 with support from a US-led coalition.
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