Iraq and Kurdistan Region Desk – Nouri al-Maliki, leader of the State of Law Coalition, criticized the performance of Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s government regarding the fight against corruption. He stated that corruption within the administration had become so pervasive that it could no longer be termed merely "corruption"; rather, it had evolved into the "plunder" of public assets.
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Desk – The Iraqi judiciary has announced that the total cash seized so far in the corruption case involving Adnan al-Jumaili, the Deputy Oil Minister, amounts to 127 billion Iraqi dinars and 24 million US dollars.
