A Specialized Workshop within the Series on Promoting a Unified Understanding Arising from Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Risks

The Supreme Judicial Council / Judicial Development Institute held a specialized workshop on access to beneficial ownership information on 22 December 2025, based on the outcomes of the Mutual Evaluation of the Republic of Iraq for the period (2023–2024), and in coordination with the Companies Registration Department and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Office.

The workshop, which was attended by a number of judicial investigators from various Courts of Appeal, aimed to clarify the mechanisms for enabling investigative courts competent in money laundering and terrorism financing cases to obtain timely access to beneficial ownership information of legal entities established in Iraq. This contributes to facilitating the exchange of information among competent authorities at the national level, in line with the international standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).