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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- Audio leak attributed to PM adviser Abdel Karim al-Faisal complaining a bribe was "only $1 million" (November 2024)From October 2024 to November 2024Political finance and sanctionsOfficial statement or estimate$1 millionTier D1 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted
- Muhandis General Company: US designation for diverting Iraqi government contract funds to Kata'ib Hizballah (2025)From February 2023 to October 2025Political finance and sanctionsSanctions designationNo dollar figure3 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted
- US Global Magnitsky corruption designations of Iraqi figures: two ex-governors (July 2019) and Khamis al-Khanjar (December 2019)From July 2019 to July 2021Political finance and sanctionsSanctions designationNo dollar figure3 named · 0 convicted or reported convicted