Iraq's Corruption
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Al-Nada for Money Transfer

A money-transfer company that bought cash dollars directly from the Central Bank of Iraq at the official price from 2015 to 2017, according to the Bank's daily bulletins. This page shows what it bought, the estimated margin on it, what is on record against it, and the document behind each figure.

$8.9m
estimated margin on what it bought
$186.3m
cash dollars it bought
Tier A
282
purchases in the bulletins
Tier A

On record: A ban lifted by the Central Bank (May 2015)

What is on record

The actions recorded under the company's name as the Central Bank writes it. A sanctions designation is an official act, not a court ruling.
  1. 17 May 2015Ban liftedTier A

    After court decisions (Higher Judicial Council / Baghdad Court of Appeal presidency) lifted the attachment (seizure) placed on the two companies, the CBI board approved resuming their activity, subject to raising capital to the required IQD 45 billion.

    شركة الندى للتحويل المالي · circular 161/2/9 (follows letter 280/3/9 of 2014-09-30); Board session 1524 of 2015-05-02

    Document, p.1

The Central Bank's record of actions in full

Year by year

YearPurchasesCash dollars boughtEstimated margin
201552$71 million$1.7 million
2016206$100.7 million$6.2 million
201724$14.5 million$1 million
Source: Central Bank of Iraq, daily bulletins of foreign currency sales; the margin is this encyclopedia's estimateTier A

The margin is the difference between what these dollars were worth at the market price on the day they were bought and what was paid for them at the official price. It went to the company, to its customers or to both, and it is not a finding that the company made that profit.

Day by day

Each purchase as the Central Bank's bulletin records it, with the page it appears on.
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