Kuwait has appealed to the public to join a government drive to hunt down people involved in financial crimes.
The Central Bank of Kuwait made the appeal this week in an apparent move to prevent any surge in money laundering and other crimes by fraudsters taking advantage of the upheaval caused by the Iran conflict.
Like other Gulf oil producers, Kuwait has slashed crude output in recent days following the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz and missile strikes by Tehran, which was attacked by the US and Israel on February…