Iraq Corruption
You probably didn’t know that there was an agency in the Iraqi government responsible for seeking out corruption with in the Iraqi government called the Integrity Commission, which is headed by an Iraqi named Radi Al-Radi.
It has been recently reported that corruption during the last two years have been at an all time high in Iraq and that high ranking officials have escaped arrest and punishment because they have escaped out of the country or are protected by either laws or are protected by parliamentary immunity.
Currently there are eight ministries that have been referred to the Iraqi court on corruption charges, and several have escaped prosecution by fleeing to another country or remain in Iraq and are in hiding. The Integrity Commission has begun to investigate the oil smuggling that has been stealing 2-3 billion dollars a year from the Iraqi government and people.
Fighting corruption in Iraq is very dangerous since the start of the Integrity commission 15 corruption court judges and 21 Integrity Commission investigators have been murdered.