Cases
Corruption cases in Iraq since 2003
This section holds 98 documented cases. They run from 2003 to 2026. They cover banks and the dollar sale, oil and electricity, customs and ports, defence, local government, religious endowments and the Kurdistan Region.
Each case names the people and institutions involved, with their exact legal status on the date shown: convicted, convicted in their absence, charged, accused, under sanctions, acquitted or pardoned. No one is called a criminal unless a court has convicted them.
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- Card-based dollar arbitrage: Iraqi prepaid and debit cards on the Visa and Mastercard networks (from 2023 to 2025)From January 2023 to June 2025Banking and currencyPress investigation (allegations), with measures by regulators and card networksNo dollar figure2 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted