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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- Baqubah Municipality land-allocation fraud: in-absentia conviction of Saad Nasr Alwan (2026)January 2026Land and propertyCriminal prosecutionNo dollar figure1 named · 1 convicted or reported convicted
- Shakir Al Zamili: former head of Baghdad's Investment Commission jailed over the Baghdad Star housing project (2022)January 2022Land and propertyCriminal prosecution$6,860Tier D1 named · 1 convicted or reported convicted
- Seizure of state land and property by influential persons and the Integrity Commission's recovery drive (from 2003 to 2023)From 2003 to July 2023Land and propertyOfficial statement or estimateNo dollar figureNo one named