In 2003, British and US troops invaded Iraq and ousted Saddam Hussein on the false pretence that he had Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). Afterwards a new pro-Western government took over and began handing out lucrative contracts in the oil industry, some of which were corrupt.
A third man has been convicted after a trial was told US$6 million in bribes were paid to Iraqi officials to secure contracts worth US$800 million in Iraq’s oil industry between 2005 and 2011.
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