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Iraq: Integrity Indicators Scorecard

Iraq: Integrity Scorecard Report > Sub-Category: Anti-Corruption Law
Indicators		Score
73	Is there legislation criminalizing corruption?	89

Indicator and sub-Indicator Details

Is there legislation criminalizing corruption?

73a: In law, attempted corruption is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments: As the authors of the Iraq Corruption Report note, however, the Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) is incapable of even the most rudimentary enforcement of anti-corruption laws.

References: Accountability and Transparency Law.

Iraq Constitution Article 72: financial and administrative corruption is a crime serious enough that it falls outside the scope of the President's pardoning powers ([ LINK ])

"'Classified' Iraq Corruption Report posted online": [ LINK ]

Iraq Corruption Report: [ LINK ]

73b: In law, extortion is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Accountability and Transparency Law

73c: In law, offering a bribe (i.e. active corruption) is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Accountability and Transparency Law

73d: In law, receiving a bribe (i.e. passive corruption) is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Accountability and Transparency Law

73e: In law, bribing a foreign official is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Accountability and Transparency Law

73f: In law, using public resources for private gain is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Accountability and Transparency Law

Peer Review Comments: The reality is different. Most Iraqi officials are using public resources for their own gain.

73g: In law, using confidential state information for private gain is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Administrative Order 57, Regulations of General Inspections Offices, [ LINK ].

73h: In law, money laundering is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: According to UNDP-POGAR, "Steps were underway in 2006 to establish a Money Laundering Reporting Office in the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) to collect, analyze and disseminate information on financial transactions subject to financial monitoring and reporting, including suspicious activity reports. Pending new legislation, Coalition Provisional Authority Order 93 governs anti-money laundering activity" ([ LINK ]).

There is an anti money laundering office. Government and banks try to avoid it as well. [ LINK ]

Interview with Mohind Muhammad, Lecturer, Basra University

73i: In law, conspiracy to commit a crime (i.e. organized crime) is illegal.

Score:

YES

Comments:

References: Accountability and Transparency Law