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Corruption in Iraq: two MPs sentenced to prison and ordered to repay over $22 million

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A court sentenced Muthanna al-Samarrai, leader of the Azm alliance, to six years in prison and Ziyad al-Janabi to five years, over benefiting from contracts with the North and South Refineries companies. The two lawmakers were also ordered to repay the money involved.

Iraq's oil refining sector is state-owned and central to the economy, and corruption in public contracts has been a recurring concern for the Iraqi parliament and judiciary.

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