Mafias counterfeiting manipulating Iraq's economy

December 29, 2016 in the versions of the center

The lack of security, government censorship, and the predominance of corruption in Iraq, the most important factors of the Iraqi economy, which is facing many challenges that burdened failure His shoulders and left him at the bottom of the list of the region's economies, a reality that poses a real threat to the future of the Iraqi economy. "

Iraq today faces economic, political and social crises due to corruption and lack of control over the past years has become economical miserable does not occupy any rating among the region's economies and the reason for this dominance of corruption and the owners of foreign agendas aimed at the destruction of Staff of the Iraqi state and make it belonged to them, not to mention the many crises that emerged from the case of full accreditation by Iraq on the Iranian side!

Falsification of the local currency has become common after 2003, due to the absence of regulators, and the collapse of security, and the proliferation of criminal gangs eerily in the streets. Iraq is facing a new problem some people insist on scaled and Exchange Alanzaranha the interest of influential actors, talking about "counterfeiting", which has become widespread these days, has spread counterfeit currency, especially from the category of 50,000 dinars in the markets of Iraq, however, government data show assured as minor does not live up level phenomenon !!

A member of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Parliament, Sirhan Ahmed, said that the phenomenon of forgery of the local currency have become a threat to the Iraqi economy, noting that "influential parties unnamed behind the support of the phenomenon," indicating that the views of "suspicious" behind this phenomenon.

More recently, it announced that the Iraqi security authorities, the arrest of a gang specialized rigging the local currency, "Iraqi dinar" in Baghdad, as announced in earlier times set the fake money.

In fact, it was not the first time that the issue of fraud in Iraq show, he got used to hearing the appearance of fraud gangs in Iraq from time to time, and it was the events of Syria and the economic embargo on Iran the greatest impact on the spread of counterfeit foreign mafias and feet mafias currency and presses counterfeiting wash their money in the market Alaracah.ubmsaadh number of followers and its agents in Iraq has introduced a forged Iraqi currency to cite Iraq in order to buy hard currency, however previous governments, has consistently refused to consider this matter a real phenomenon, Iran has continued to exploit the Iraqi market to circumvent international sanctions, has Anchert gangs and mafias fraud and sell the currency to the accounts of influential politicians and the relationship with Iran.

There are signs that fraud under the supervision of gangs and a link outsourcing news reports from the foil smuggling a large amount of US and Iraqi counterfeit currency from Lebanon Airport to Baghdad has revealed, and according to observers danger lies in the aggravation of this phenomenon on the domestic economy and the popularity of cash counterfeit currency and the growing guerrilla promoter, especially with the absence of security and stability and political and economic crises experienced by the country.

Reports indicate that the counterfeiting and smuggling of money and drain the country's wealth, has become of interest to pursue the work of private banks and some see first and foremost of the Commission of Economy parliamentary those banks that are responsible for some of the money that goes through smuggling to terrorist groups for funding.

Even the government does not yet have any precise figures about the counterfeit currency is currently on the market size, and the reason for this absence of regulatory actors on the market, and weak oversight of the exchange houses deployed in Iraq, as well as due to the fact that these currencies are still there and the current market is difficult for the general public easily detectable only through submission to the specialists.

Here, experts and analysts believe that the counterfeiting process intended to either a commercial goal of doing a lot of gangs and individuals to achieve illegal financial income, or intelligence purpose is purely intended to destabilize the country played by some organizations and gangs of international support from other countries or destinations economy.

In conclusion, all the countries of the world and their governments keen to protect its national currency in every way and it is known that the currency forgery is the most serious types of fraud because of its negative impact on the economies and development, and therefore on the Iraqi government to increase its currency immunity through reprinted in the international printing presses can not be rigged and demand as well as more oversight and control of the markets and monitoring the activities of exchange houses and private banks, and tighten control over the border crossings, which are the most important sources of counterfeit currency entering the country, and the development of deterrent laws of the mafias and gangs of fraud, to protect citizens from fraud operations and to provide confidence in the criticism abroad and make it enjoys international recognition and that Iraq does not become an arena for trading in counterfeit currency in the event of larger amplitude will eventually bring the Iraqi economy.

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