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A report by the United States Special Inspector General states that $1 Billion per week is leaving Iraq. The report states that up to 80 percent of the money leaving is believed to consist of various money laundering activities.
In the seven years after the 2003 war in Iraq, the Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq estimates that around 4,000 women disappeared from the country due to human trafficking activities. One fifth of the disappeared women between 2003 and 2010 were under the age of 18.
Virgin teenage girls in Iraq are reported to be sold to human traffickers for $5,000, double the price of non-virgins. The girls are trafficked to Northern Iraq, Syria and the United Arab Emirates.
The price to have sex with a teenage prostitute in Kurdish controlled areas of Iraq was $150 in 2011. The reported price for sex with a prostitutes tends to become cheaper as the age of the prostitute increases. Lap dances for several hours costs around $200, with additional costs for sex.
In 2011, the Iraqi Parliament began investigations in reports that 20,000 government officials used fake diplomas and degrees to obtain their jobs. Fake degrees and diplomas are traded on the black market in Iraq for prices between $1,5000 to $7,000.
Between April and June of 2011, six to seven Iraqis were kidnapped each month. The average ransom paid to the kidnappers was $50,000. In Kirkuk Province, there were over 60 reported cases of kidnapping for ransom in 2010. In 2011, 30 cases have been reported in the first 5 months of the year.