<p class="title">Saudi Arabia's attorney general said on Tuesday $107 billion has been recovered so far in a major crackdown on high-level corruption and that 56 suspects were still being investigated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said he has completed inquiries into 381 high-profile corruption suspects and decided to keep 56 in custody and free the rest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those released include individuals proven not guilty but also others who had agreed financial settlements with the government after admitting corruption charges, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Total settlements with the suspects had topped 400 billion riyals ($107 billion) in various forms of assets handed over that included property, securities and cash.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In November, the authorities launched an unprecedented anti-graft swoop that netted hundreds of members of the extended royal family, top businessmen and officials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The anti-corruption drive was led by Mohammed bin Salman, the 32-year-old crown prince and author of the "Vision 2030" programme of social and economic reforms in the ultra- conservative Muslim Gulf nation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Among those detained was one of the desert kingdom's most high-profile and wealthiest men, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The man dubbed the Warren Buffett of Saudi Arabia was released on Saturday after striking an undisclosed financial agreement with the authorities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He remains chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company in which he owns a 95-percent stake.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Some critics have labelled Prince Mohammed's campaign a shakedown and power grab, but authorities insist the purge targeted endemic corruption as the country prepares for a post-oil era.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The total number of subpoenaed individuals reached 381, a significant number of whom were called to testify or provide evidence," the attorney general said on Tuesday in a statement released by the information ministry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mojeb said he had decided to "keep in custody those individuals - 56 in total - where the attorney general has refused to settle with them due to other pending criminal cases".</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he will continue investigating the 56, but provided no further details about their identities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Friday, the authorities also released media mogul Waleed al-Ibrahim, owner of influential Arab satellite network MBC.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another high-profile detainee, former National Guard chief Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, was released recently following a "settlement" with the authorities which reportedly exceeded $1 billion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government said most of those detained agreed monetary settlements in exchange for their freedom.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those caught up in the corruption crackdown were detained at the luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh.</p>
<p class="title">Saudi Arabia's attorney general said on Tuesday $107 billion has been recovered so far in a major crackdown on high-level corruption and that 56 suspects were still being investigated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sheikh Saud al-Mojeb said he has completed inquiries into 381 high-profile corruption suspects and decided to keep 56 in custody and free the rest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those released include individuals proven not guilty but also others who had agreed financial settlements with the government after admitting corruption charges, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Total settlements with the suspects had topped 400 billion riyals ($107 billion) in various forms of assets handed over that included property, securities and cash.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In November, the authorities launched an unprecedented anti-graft swoop that netted hundreds of members of the extended royal family, top businessmen and officials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The anti-corruption drive was led by Mohammed bin Salman, the 32-year-old crown prince and author of the "Vision 2030" programme of social and economic reforms in the ultra- conservative Muslim Gulf nation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Among those detained was one of the desert kingdom's most high-profile and wealthiest men, Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The man dubbed the Warren Buffett of Saudi Arabia was released on Saturday after striking an undisclosed financial agreement with the authorities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He remains chairman of the Kingdom Holding Company in which he owns a 95-percent stake.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Some critics have labelled Prince Mohammed's campaign a shakedown and power grab, but authorities insist the purge targeted endemic corruption as the country prepares for a post-oil era.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The total number of subpoenaed individuals reached 381, a significant number of whom were called to testify or provide evidence," the attorney general said on Tuesday in a statement released by the information ministry.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mojeb said he had decided to "keep in custody those individuals - 56 in total - where the attorney general has refused to settle with them due to other pending criminal cases".</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said he will continue investigating the 56, but provided no further details about their identities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Friday, the authorities also released media mogul Waleed al-Ibrahim, owner of influential Arab satellite network MBC.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Another high-profile detainee, former National Guard chief Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, was released recently following a "settlement" with the authorities which reportedly exceeded $1 billion.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government said most of those detained agreed monetary settlements in exchange for their freedom.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Those caught up in the corruption crackdown were detained at the luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh.</p>