20% of Iraq's Public Funds "Lost to Corruption"

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UNDP estimates 20% of Iraq's public funds lost to corruption

Up to 20 percent of Iraq's public funds have been lost to corruption, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official in Iraq told Rudaw on Monday, as the Baghdad government intensified a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown that has led to the arrest of tens of suspects, including senior officials and political figures, since Sunday.

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