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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. Ericsson's Iraq payments (from 2011 to 2019): internal probe, possible payments to ISIS and Swedish criminal investigation
    From 2011 to April 2022Foreign bribery (Iraq-related)Criminal prosecution
    No dollar figure
    2 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted
  2. Petrofac: failure to prevent bribery to win oil contracts in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and UAE (UK SFO, from 2011 to 2021)
    From 2011 to October 2021Foreign bribery (Iraq-related)Criminal prosecution
    $730 millionTier A
    2 named · 2 convicted or reported convicted
  3. Leighton Offshore / Iraq Crude Oil Export pipelines: bribes via Unaoil (Australian prosecutions, from 2010 to 2026)
    From 2010 to January 2026Foreign bribery (Iraq-related)Criminal prosecution
    $1.5 billionTier A
    3 named · 1 convicted or reported convicted
  4. TechnipFMC / FMC Technologies: bribery of Iraqi Ministry of Oil officials for metering-technology contracts (from 2008 to 2013; resolved 2019)
    From 2008 to June 2019Foreign bribery (Iraq-related)Criminal prosecution
    $296.2 millionTier A
    3 named · 1 convicted or reported convicted
  5. Rolls-Royce: Iraq bribery in its global FCPA/DOJ resolution over South Oil Company gas turbines (from 2006 to 2009; resolved 2017)
    From 2006 to January 2017Foreign bribery (Iraq-related)Criminal prosecution
    $1.5 millionTier D
    2 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted
  6. Unaoil bribery of South Oil Company and Oil Ministry officials for "Master Plan" contracts (from 2005 to 2011)
    From June 2005 to 2011Foreign bribery (Iraq-related)Criminal prosecution
    $17 millionTier A
    9 named · 3 convicted or reported convicted
  7. Innospec (Octel): bribes to Iraqi Ministry of Oil officials to keep buying tetraethyl lead (from 2004 to 2008)
    From 2003 to 2014Foreign bribery (Iraq-related)Criminal prosecution
    No dollar figure
    4 named · 3 convicted or reported convicted