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
2020
- 2020Case begins
- 2020Case begins
- 2020Enforcement action
- 2020Legal statusLuay al-Khateeb (Luay Al-Khatteeb) Under investigationIntegrity Commission travel ban and home raidStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- June 2020Case begins
- 30 June 2020Central Bank ruleLimits on banks' foreign-currency open positionsReference: Board decision 101 of 2020
- 23 July 2020Legal status
- 30 July 2020Legal status
- August 2020Case begins
- September 2020Legal statusBahaa Abdul Hussein Arrestedarrested at Baghdad airportStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 15 September 2020Legal statusRakan Saeed al-Jubouri Under investigationsummons and travel ban, art. 340 (prefab schools project)Status at the date of writing: Released on bail
- 8 October 2020Enforcement action
- 29 October 2020Enforcement action
- November 2020Case begins
- 4 November 2020Legal statusRaad al-Haris (Raad Al-Harris) ArrestedArrested on complaint from Committee 29Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 20 December 2020Central Bank ruleCommission on cash-dollar withdrawalsReference: 4312/6/5; refers to letter 822/6/5 of 29 March 2020
- 24 December 2020Enforcement action
- 24 December 2020Legal statusAhmed Abdul Ghafour al-Samarrai Convicted in absentiaKarkh Criminal Court, 15 yearsStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
2021
- 24 January 2021Legal statusBahaa Abdul Hussein Convicted (reported)4 years for giving bribes (art. 310), judicial source to the Iraqi News Agency
- 8 February 2021Legal statusInternational Smart Card (Qi Card) Accused by an official bodyFinance Ministry audit committee findings
- 8 February 2021Legal status
- 8 February 2021Legal statusAfrah Mohammed Abd Ali Accused by an official bodyFinance Ministry audit committee records violationsStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 8 February 2021Legal statusHussein Ali Mohaisen Accused by an official bodyFinance Ministry audit committee records the transfers
- 8 February 2021Legal statusAhmed Abdul Jalil Hussain Accused by an official bodyFinance Ministry audit committee records violations
- 8 February 2021Legal statusIyad Mahmoud Hadi Accused by an official bodyFinance Ministry audit committee records the withdrawal without board approval
- 1 March 2021Legal status
- April 2021Case begins
- 20 April 2021Legal status
- 7 June 2021Central Bank ruleRegulations No. 1 of 2021 on exchange and foreign-exchange brokerage companiesReference: Regulations No. 1 of 2021; Board session 1607 of 7 June 2021
- July 2021Legal status
- July 2021Legal statusNawfal Hammadi al-Sultan (Nawfal al-Akoub) Under sanctionsUK Global Anti-Corruption sanctionsStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 8 July 2021Legal status
- 8 July 2021Legal statusAfrah Mohammed Abd Ali Convicted (reported)three years for embezzlement (art. 316), reported by Alsumaria
- 8 July 2021Legal statusWalaa Abdul Jawad Hussain Convicted (reported)three years for embezzlement (art. 316), reported by Alsumaria
- September 2021Case begins
- September 2021Central Bank ruleRegulations for principal and secondary agents of foreign money-transfer providersReference: Version of September 2021
- 22 September 2021Central Bank ruleInstructions for the sale and purchase of foreign currency 2021Reference: 2647/2/6 (cover letter); Instructions for the sale and purchase of foreign currency of 2021
- October 2021Case begins
- 28 October 2021Legal status
- 10 December 2021Legal status
2022
- 2022Case begins
- 2022Case begins
- 2022Legal status
- January 2022Case begins
- 5 January 2022Legal statusRaad al-Haris (Raad Al-Harris) ConvictedSix years plus 10m-dinar fineStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 1 February 2022Central Bank ruleRegulations No. 1 of 2022 on exchange and foreign-exchange brokerage companies (amended)Reference: 40/5/9; Regulations No. 1 of 2022 (amended)
- March 2022Legal status
- 9 April 2022Legal statusAtheel al-Nujaifi Convicted in absentia7 years (art. 340), IQD 2.76bn of public money wastedStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 21 April 2022Legal statusLuay al-Khateeb (Luay Al-Khatteeb) ConvictedOne-year suspended sentence plus fineStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 21 July 2022Legal status
- October 2022Legal statusNour Zuhair Jassim ArrestedArrested at Baghdad airportStatus at the date of writing: Convicted in absentia
- November 2022Case begins
- November 2022Case begins
- November 2022Legal statusMaj. Gen. Ghanem Mohammed Jaafar Hassan al-Husseini ArrestedArrested in NSS operationStatus at the date of writing: Pardoned or amnestied
- 3 November 2022Enforcement action
- 27 November 2022Legal statusNour Zuhair Jassim Released on bailBail tied to repayment agreementStatus at the date of writing: Convicted in absentia
2023
- 2023Case begins
- 2023Case begins
- 2023Central Bank ruleContracts for domestic transfers; Western Union/MoneyGramReference: 120/2/22
- January 2023Case begins
- 30 January 2023Legal status
- February 2023Case begins
- 19 February 2023Central Bank ruleExternal Transfer Regulations 2023Reference: 1082/…/5 (number partly illegible in the document)
- 21 March 2023Legal statusFormer head of the Sunni Endowment Diwan (name not given in source, 2023 case) ArrestedArrest carried out by anti-corruption task forceStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 28 March 2023Central Bank rule
- April 2023Case begins
- 11 April 2023Legal statusFormer head of the Sunni Endowment Diwan (name not given in source, 2023 case) ConvictedCentral Corruption Crimes Court, four years' hard imprisonmentStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- July 2023Case begins
- 19 July 2023Reported in the press
- 20 July 2023Enforcement action
- 27 August 2023Central Bank ruleElectronic information system for exchange companiesReference: 5/3/33
- 27 August 2023Legal statusMaj. Gen. Ghanem Mohammed Jaafar Hassan al-Husseini Convicted15 yearsStatus at the date of writing: Pardoned or amnestied
- 5 October 2023Legal statusNawfal Hammadi al-Sultan (al-Akoub) Convicted15 years, embezzlementStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 17 November 2023Enforcement action
- 4 December 2023Central Bank ruleBranch opening by exchange companiesReference: 19/2/23; Board decision 192 of 2023
- 11 December 2023Enforcement action
2024
- January 2024Case begins
- January 2024Case begins
- January 2024Case begins
- January 2024Case begins
- 22 January 2024Enforcement action
- 22 January 2024Legal statusFly Baghdad Airlines Company (aka Iraq Express) Under sanctionsOFAC designationStatus at the date of writing: Sanctions lifted
- 29 January 2024Enforcement action
- 29 January 2024Enforcement action
- 29 January 2024Enforcement action
- 31 January 2024Enforcement action
- February 2024Case begins
- March 2024Case begins
- 22 April 2024Central Bank ruleExchange/intermediation companies switching their window bankReference: 200/4/9
- 16 May 2024Central Bank ruleCustomer due diligence and sanctions-list screeningReference: 21/6/22
- 26 June 2024Enforcement action
- 30 June 2024Central Bank ruleCash-dollar sales to travellers (airport mechanism)Reference: 202/8/9
- 10 July 2024Central Bank ruleDomestic transfers by exchange companiesReference: 2/3/33
- 10 July 2024Central Bank ruleRecording transactions on the FITR platformReference: 22/…/23 (number partly illegible in the document); follows circulars 20/3/23 and 35 of 2024
- 11 July 2024Central Bank ruleCommission on dollar sales to travellers at airportsReference: 8003/1/9; follows 302/8/9 of 30 June 2024
- 27 August 2024Legal statusNour Zuhair Jassim Charged or wantedWarrant after non-appearanceStatus at the date of writing: Convicted in absentia
- September 2024Case begins
- 16 September 2024Legal statusHaider Hanoun Accused by an official bodythe Supreme Judicial Council orders legal action, including over a Maysan land plotStatus at the date of writing: Charged or wanted
- 26 September 2024Central Bank ruleCommission on dollar sales to travellersReference: 56/2/23
- October 2024Case begins
- October 2024Central Bank ruleBranch rules for category A exchange companiesReference: 61/6/22; Board decision 225 of 2024 (cancels Board decision 192 of 2023)
- 7 October 2024Legal statusHaider Hanoun Charged or wantedarrest order for failing to appear in the cases in which he was charged
- 22 October 2024Legal statusHaider Hanoun Removed from officerelieved of the post at his own requestStatus at the date of writing: Charged or wanted
- November 2024Central Bank ruleGeographic distribution of exchange companiesReference: 64/2/33
- 25 November 2024Legal status
- 29 December 2024Central Bank ruleMerger deadline for foreign-exchange brokerage companiesReference: 74/3/33; Board decision 286 of 2024; follows 24/3/33 of 14 April 2024
2025
- 16 February 2025Reported in the press
- 9 April 2025Legal statusMaj. Gen. Ghanem Mohammed Jaafar Hassan al-Husseini Pardoned or amnestiedReleased under general amnesty
- 21 April 2025Legal statusRakan Saeed al-Jubouri Arresteddetained in Baghdad, art. 340Status at the date of writing: Released on bail
- 22 April 2025Legal status
- 21 May 2025Legal status
- 3 July 2025Enforcement action
- 30 July 2025Enforcement action
- 2 September 2025Enforcement action
- 8 September 2025Enforcement action
- 17 September 2025Enforcement action
- October 2025Case begins
- 9 October 2025Enforcement action
- 9 October 2025Enforcement action
2026
- January 2026Case begins
- 13 January 2026Reported in the press
- 17 April 2026Enforcement action
- May 2026Case begins
- 7 May 2026Enforcement action
- 7 May 2026Legal statusAli Maarij Sweij al-Bahadly Under sanctionsOFAC E.O. 13902Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- June 2026Case begins
- June 2026Legal statusAli Maarij Sweij al-Bahadly ArrestedArrested by CTS force in Baghdad (leaked cable per Alsumaria)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 9 June 2026Legal statusNawfal Hammadi al-Sultan (al-Akoub) Pardoned or amnestiedreleased under the general amnesty law, per an informed sourceStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 18 June 2026Enforcement action
- 28 June 2026Legal statusMuthanna al-Samarrai Arrestednamed in the preliminary list of those arrested in the Green Zone operation
- 28 June 2026Legal statusBahaa al-Din Nour Muhammad Hussein (Bahaa al-Nouri) Arrestednamed in the preliminary list of those arrested in the Green Zone operationStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 28 June 2026Legal statusAlia Nassif Jassim Arrestednamed in the preliminary list of those arrested in the Green Zone operationStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 28 June 2026Legal statusHind Muhammad Salih al-Abbasi Arrestednamed in the preliminary list of those arrested in the Green Zone operation
- 28 June 2026Legal statusMohammed al-Karbouli Arrestednamed in the preliminary list of those arrested in the Green Zone operationStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 28 June 2026Legal statusMohammed Farman Shaher Salman al-Jubouri Arrestednamed in the preliminary list of those arrested in the Green Zone operationStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 28 June 2026Legal status
- 28 June 2026Legal statusAbdul Rahman al-Luwaizi Arrestednamed in the preliminary list of those arrested in the Green Zone operation
- 28 June 2026Legal status
- 28 June 2026Legal status
- 28 June 2026Legal statusMohammed Jamil al-Mayahi Arrestednamed in the preliminary list of those arrested in the Green Zone operation
- 28 June 2026Legal statusMohammed al-Sayhood Arrestednamed by an Integrity Commission source among those arrested in the Green Zone operationStatus at the date of writing: Released on bail
- 28 June 2026Legal statusIbrahim al-Sumaidaie Arrestednamed by an Integrity Commission source among those arrested in the Green Zone operation
- 30 June 2026Legal status
- July 2026Case begins
- July 2026Case begins
- 10 July 2026Legal statusNour Zuhair Jassim WantedAbroad; amnesty request pendingStatus at the date of writing: Convicted in absentia
- 13 July 2026Legal statusMuthanna al-Samarrai Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Arrested
- 13 July 2026Legal statusBahaa al-Din Nour Muhammad Hussein (Bahaa al-Nouri) Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 13 July 2026Legal statusAshwaq Salim Hassan (Ashwaq al-Jubouri) Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 13 July 2026Legal statusAlia Nassif Jassim Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 13 July 2026Legal statusHind Muhammad Salih al-Abbasi Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Arrested
- 13 July 2026Legal statusMohammed Farman Shaher Salman al-Jubouri Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 13 July 2026Legal statusZiad al-Janabi Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Arrested
- 13 July 2026Legal statusAbdul Rahman al-Luwaizi Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Arrested
- 13 July 2026Legal statusMudar al-Karawi Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Arrested
- 13 July 2026Legal statusBushra al-Qaisi Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Arrested
- 13 July 2026Legal statusMohammed al-Sayhood Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Released on bail
- 13 July 2026Legal statusIbrahim al-Sumaidaie Under investigationprecautionary seizure of assets ordered by the anti-corruption investigating judge (decision 555)Status at the date of writing: Arrested
- 16 July 2026Legal status
- 16 July 2026Legal statusMohammed al-Karbouli ConvictedIntegrity Commission statementStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 18 July 2026Enforcement action
- August 2026Case begins
- August 2026Case begins
- 5 August 2026Enforcement action
- 5 August 2026Legal statusFly Baghdad Airlines Company (aka Iraq Express) Sanctions liftedCorporate entity and aircraft delisted
- 8 August 2026Legal statusAhmed Abdullah al-Jubouri (Abu Mazin) Arrestedarrest warrant executed over corruption cases (Integrity Commission source)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 17 August 2026Legal statusKadhim al-Sayadi Arrestedarrested on judicial orders (extortion)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 30 August 2026Legal statusAli Maarij Sweij al-Bahadly Convicted7 years; illicit enrichment about IQD 26.5bnStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 30 August 2026Legal status
- September 2026Enforcement action
- 10 September 2026Enforcement action
- 16 September 2026Legal statusBahaa al-Din Nour Muhammad Hussein (Bahaa al-Nouri) Convicted7 years for illicit gainStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 21 September 2026Legal statusJamal al-Karbouli Convictedone year suspended, $4.5m to the Iraqi Red Crescent (SJC)Status at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 23 September 2026Legal statusAshwaq Salim Hassan (Ashwaq al-Jubouri) Convicted7 years in person for illicit gainStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 23 September 2026Legal statusAlia Nassif Jassim Convicted7 years in person for illicit gainStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)
- 23 September 2026Legal statusHind Muhammad Salih al-Abbasi Convicted (reported)7 years reported by media, not confirmed by the Integrity CommissionStatus at the date of writing: Arrested
- 25 September 2026Enforcement action
- 29 September 2026Legal statusMohammed Farman Shaher Salman al-Jubouri Convicted7 years in person for illicit gainStatus at the date of writing: Convicted (reported)