Iraq’s new PM launches anticorruption campaign, but is it enough?
Summary
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has started a campaign to fight corruption, leading to the arrest of several senior officials and the seizure of large amounts of money and assets. While some progress is being made, many believe deeper, longer-standing corruption issues still need to be tackled.Key Facts
- Tens of millions of dollars, along with properties, vehicles, and gold, were seized in recent anticorruption arrests.
- Adnan al-Jumaili, a senior Oil Ministry official, and Raed al-Jubouri, former governor of Salah al-Din, have been arrested.
- The investigation targets corruption in government contracts and waste of public funds.
- Prime Minister al-Zaidi created the Supreme Sovereign Council for Integrity, to monitor and prevent corruption.
- Iraq ranks 136 out of 182 countries on the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index.
- Some older and politically sensitive corruption cases remain unaddressed.
- Al-Zaidi cancelled a $764 million airport project citing suspected corruption.
- Anticorruption activists say Iraq’s political system is built around graft and misuse of state resources.
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