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IRAQ'S CORRUPTION
العربية
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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  1. Khalid Ghazay Atiya: Ministry of Electricity official arrested with millions in cash and gold (2026)
    August 2026Electricity and energy infrastructureArrest and ongoing investigation
    $5.8 millionTier D
    1 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted
  2. Central Electricity Distribution Company: seven-year illicit-enrichment sentence for a former director general and a three-year sentence for its finance director (2026)
    From 2022 to September 2026Electricity and energy infrastructureCriminal prosecution
    $19.4 millionTier D
    2 named · 2 convicted or reported convicted
  3. Raad al-Haris: former deputy electricity minister and PM adviser convicted of bribery (2022)
    From November 2020 to January 2022Electricity and energy infrastructureCriminal prosecution
    $6,850Tier D
    1 named · 1 convicted or reported convicted
  4. Luay al-Khateeb: suspended sentence over an $808m Baghdad power-station contract (2022)
    From October 2018 to April 2022Electricity and energy infrastructureCriminal prosecution
    $808.3 millionTier D
    2 named · 2 convicted or reported convicted
  5. Electricity Minister Raad Shallal dismissed over $1.7bn contracts with a non-existent Canadian firm and a bankrupt German firm (2011)
    From July 2011 to September 2011Electricity and energy infrastructureCriminal prosecution
    $1.7 billionTier D
    3 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted
  6. Former Electricity Minister Ayham al-Samarrai: conviction, Green Zone escape and Interpol case (from 2005 to 2008)
    From September 2003 to April 2008Electricity and energy infrastructureCriminal prosecution
    No dollar figure
    1 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted
  7. Electricity sector: tens of billions spent since 2003 with chronic shortages
    From 2003 to 2025Electricity and energy infrastructureStructural leakage
    $27 billionTier C
    No one named