Iraq Crime

The Iraqi Mafia

James Denselow | Posted 10.09.2009 | World


James Denselow

One of the less-reported consequences of the invasion was that Iraq became a transit point in the flow of hashish and heroin from Iran and Afghanistan to Gulf countries and Europe.

Iraq Slipping To 'New Depths Of Lawlessness'

New York Times | DAMIEN CAVE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Jobless men pay $500 bribes to join the police. Families build houses illegally on government land, carwashes steal water from public pipes and nearly...