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Iraq’s Wealth and the Forty Thieves: Structural Enablers of Corruption with Impunity
by Ahmed Tabaqchali The disclosure on 15 October 2022 of the embezzlement of 3.7 trillion Iraqi dinars (IQD), about US$2.5 billion, from the General Commission of Taxes (GCT) brought the stinging r…