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2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge — Wikipedia (en)

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Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%932019_Saudi_Arabian_purge
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The 2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge was the mass arrest of a number of prominent Saudi Arabian princes, government ministers, and business people in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017. It took place weeks after the creation of an anti-corruption committee led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The purge helped centralize political powers in the hands of bin Salman and undermine the pre-existing structure of consensus-based governance among Saudi elites. The arrests resulted in the final sidelining of the faction of King Abdullah, and Mohammed bin Salman's complete consolidation of control of all three branches of the security forces. It also cemented bin Salman's supremacy over business elites in Saudi Arabia and resulted in a mass seizure of assets by the bin Salman regime. The detainees were confined at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh (which had hosted the announcement for the creation of the planned city of Neom on 24 October 2017), which subsequently stopped accepting new bookings and told guests to leave. Private jets were also grounded to prevent suspects from fleeing the country. As many as 500 people were rounded up in the sweep. Saudi Arabian banks froze more than 2,000 domestic accounts as part of the crackdown. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Saudi government targeted cash and assets worth up to $800 billion. The Saudi authorities claimed that amount was composed of assets worth around $300 billion to $400 billion that they can prove was linked to corruption. The anti-corruption committee ended its mission on 30 January 2019.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «2017–2019 Saudi Arabian purge» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%932019_Saudi_Arabian_purge
Wikidata Q42688588: «a mass arrest campaign by Saudi Government» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42688588
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%932019_Saudi_Arabian_purge?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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