Iraq's 2026 anti-corruption campaign, Operation Dawn, launched June 28, 2026 under PM Ali al-Zaidi, has produced dozens of arrests, including 13 lawmakers, and…
The Iraqi Governing Council created the Commission on Public Integrity on January 31, 2004, formalized days later by Coalition Provisional Authority Order 55. CPA Order…
Iraq became a UNCAC signatory in 2008, committing to criminalize corrupt practices and cooperate internationally on tracing, freezing and returning stolen assets - the l…
On March 24, 2010, Iraq's cabinet approved a UNDP/UNODC-supported strategy covering 2010-2014 with roughly 201 action points - a strategy document whose implementation p…
The Supreme Judicial Council established the Central Anti-Corruption Criminal Court (Judicial Order No. 96). Months later, October 2019 protests over corruption, unemplo…
Roughly 3.7 trillion dinars ($2.5 billion) was withdrawn from Iraq's General Commission for Taxes via 247 fraudulent cheques between September 2021 and August 2022, expo…
On November 24, 2024, Al Karkh Criminal Court sentenced Noor Zuhair Jassim to 10 years in absentia with full asset confiscation ordered, alongside 12 other defendants in…
Ali al-Zaidi took office as prime minister May 14, 2026. On June 28, six weeks later, his government launched Operation Dawn, arresting dozens of officials including 13…
UNDP's Trial Monitoring Programme reviewed 482 criminal cases and 60 civil claims before Iraq's anti-corruption courts, finding that convictions frequently do not transl…
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council reported 375 kg of gold transferred to the Central Bank around July 13, 2026, and a separate 60 kg gold plus $20.34 million cash seizure…
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