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Original Research

MANIFESTATIONS, CAUSES, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SHADOW ECONOMY IN IRAQ

ALAA ABBAS DAKHEL 1, and NAGHAM AZAIZ MUHAMMAD ALI 2.

Vol 17, No 11 ( 2022 )   |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7404668   |   Author Affiliation: Instructor, Al-Qadisiyah University, Faculty of Administration and Economics, Department of Economics 1; Assistant Lecturer, Technical Institute in Wasit 2.   |   Licensing: CC 4.0   |   Pg no: 2398-2411   |   To cite: ALAA ABBAS DAKHEL, and NAGHAM AZAIZ MUHAMMAD ALI. (2022). MANIFESTATIONS, CAUSES, AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF SHADOW ECONOMY IN IRAQ. 17(11), 2398–2411. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7404668   |   Published on: 30-11-2022

Abstract

All economies, including in established and emerging nations, experience the phenomenon of the shadow economy, or the so-called hidden economy. However, interest in this phenomenon did not start to grow until the 1970s. The purpose of this study shedding light on the concept, varieties, and characteristics of the shadow economy phenomenon. Determining the circumstances of the shadow economy in Iraq by figuring out its effects and sources. Determining the appropriate strategies for dealing with the Shadow Economy phenomena in the Iraqi economy. One of the most significant economic crimes in the modern era that is connected to organized crime, including crimes like terrorism, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, kidnapping, theft, political and financial corruption, etc., is the crime of money laundering. The word (money laundering).

Keywords

Manifestations, Causes, Money laundering, Economy in Iraq