IRAQI OFFICIALS ARRESTED IN CORRUPTION CASES BASED ON CONFESSIONS MADE BY FORMER DEPUTY OIL MINISTER
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This storyIraq's 'theft of the century' saw how much stolen from its tax authority?
- $500 million
- $1.2 billion
- $2.5 billion
- $4.8 billion
Guess, then reveal the answer
$2.5 billion
Iraq lost ~$2.5B in the 2022 'Theft of the Century' scandal.
In 2022, funds were siphoned from Iraq's tax authority in what investigators called the 'Theft of the Century.' Iraq ranks 162nd out of 180 nations on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
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