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This fall, news broke that a web of thieves\u2014including high-level officials\u2014had stolen $2.5 billion in Iraqi government cash. The scam is only the most recent example of systemic corruption perpetrated by Iraq\u2019s elites since 2003. The country\u2019s new government has its work cut out for itself.\xa0\nOn this episode of the Order From Ashes podcast, Sajad Jiyad talks about the sordid theft and the way forward to fight corruption.\nSajad shares more about the origins of Iraq\u2019s consociational system of power sharing, and public graft, in his report \u201cCorruption Is Strangling Iraq.\u201d\nParticipants:\nSajad Jiyad, fellow, Century International\xa0\nThanassis Cambanis, director, Century International