The Record
Timeline
This page lists the dated events on the site from 2003 to 2026, in the order in which they happened. Each event comes from one of the site's datasets and leads to its record: the start of a case, a sanction or a ban, a rule issued by the Central Bank, or a change in the legal status of a person or a company.
Each date is given only as precisely as the source gives it. It may be a day, a month or only a year.
The timeline holds 362 dated events: 98 case beginnings, 48 sanctions and enforcement actions, 82 Central Bank rules, 132 changes in the legal status of people and companies and 2 on how the new financial system was set up.
Kind of event
2005
- September 2005Legal statusHazim al-Shaalan Charged or wantedCPI referred dossier; warrant announcedStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 13 November 2005Legal status
- 14 November 2005Legal status
2006
- 12 October 2006Legal statusAyham (Aiham) al-Samarrai Convicted2 yearsStatus at the date of writing: Charges dropped or case closed
- December 2006Legal statusAyham (Aiham) al-Samarrai WantedEscaped from Green Zone detentionStatus at the date of writing: Charges dropped or case closed
2007
- 29 January 2007Legal status
- 16 February 2007Legal status
- 30 May 2007Legal statusHazim al-Shaalan Convicted in absentia7 years (Central Criminal Court)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- August 2007Legal statusHazim al-Shaalan Convicted in absentia3 years, Art. 341, armoured-car purchases $5.053mStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
2008
- 2008Legal statusHazim al-Shaalan Pardoned or amnestiedReported coverage by 2008 General Amnesty Law / acquittal (secondary sources only)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 29 April 2008Legal statusAyham (Aiham) al-SamarraiRemoved from Interpol list at Iraqi request
2009
- 30 May 2009Legal statusAbdul Falah Hassan Hadi al-Sudani ArrestedPlane turned back; detainedStatus at the date of writing: Pardoned or amnestied