The Impact of Money Laundering on GDP Analytical Study Iraq as a Model for the Period 2008-2018

Abstract

The phenomenon of money laundering is growing and developing rapidly thanks to globalization and technological development, and its methods are multiplying and its economic, political and social effects are increasing. In view of the seriousness of this phenomenon, the international community has been keen in recent years to consider the fight against money laundering as a general indicator whereby the extent to which States, their banks and their financial institutions respond to the costly international requirements. Money laundering and the avoidance of their economies and their banking and financial sectors could have negative consequences. The research aims at identifying the phenomenon of money laundering and its stages, methods, criminal patterns and sources of money, and the impact of this phenomenon on the GDP and the need to combat this phenomenon by holding many agreements and participating in international and regional conferences.