Khaberni - Palestinian media outlets in the West Bank and areas 48 reported that in the latest developments in the case of suspected artifact smuggling to a neighboring Arab country, the corruption crimes court and the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Prosecution have summoned the former Director General of the Authority for Crossings and Borders, Nazmi Muhanna, after accusations of involvement in a smuggling case, alongside 15 others including his wife, his seven sons, his brother, his personal aide, and four employees from the accounting department at the crossings, but Muhanna Khaberni left for Albania and then disappeared.
The court decision included lifting the banking secrecy on Muhanna’s accounts, tracking activities of safe deposit boxes and movable and immovable properties, as well as placing a precautionary seizure on his assets and monitoring his transactions within the Palestinian capital market and stock exchanges.
This development Khaberni comes about two weeks after Muhanna's name was circulated in the case that shook the official Palestinian circles, leading to the arrest of more than 30 people.
President Mahmoud Abbas decided to appoint Ameen Qandeel Al-Tarifi as the acting head of the Palestinian Authority for Crossings and Borders, succeeding Nazmi Muhanna.
A governmental source in Mahmoud Abbas's authority Khaberni stated that the reform approach will continue in the government, clarifying that it dealt with more than 60 reformative steps in public affairs over the past year and a half, which included optimizing expenses and enhancing transparency and accountability in governmental institutions.
Sources reported that Muhanna had been living in Jordan during the past period, and returned for one day to the city of Jericho for interrogation in smuggling cases, Khaberni but he quickly left again to Jordan and from there to a European country, presumed to be Albania where his son works as an ambassador.
