Organized crime in Iraq

4based here
9foreign footprints

Based in Iraq 4

Foreign groups with a footprint in Iraq 9

1
Al-QaedaPresence
based in Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda launched its Iraqi regional branch in 2004.
Sources: Al-Qaeda
2
based in Turkey
The PKK is primarily based in northern Iraq and has training camps and a permanent enclave there.
Sources: Kurdistan Workers' Party
3
HezbollahPresence
based in Lebanon
Hezbollah sent technical advisers and intelligence analysts to Baghdad in support of Iranian intervention in Iraq.
Sources: Hezbollah
4
based in Afghanistan
Up to 70 IS fighters arrived from Iraq to form the initial core of the group in Afghanistan.
5
based in Egypt
The Iraqi Islamic Party was formed as the Iraqi branch of the Brotherhood.
Sources: Muslim Brotherhood
6
based in Turkey
The Turkish mafia has territory in Iraq.
Sources: Turkish mafia
7
based in Somalia
ISS receives direct assistance from IS officials in Iraq.
8
based in Denmark
The gang's leaders negotiated with Wadi Haddad in Baghdad, Iraq.
Sources: Blekingegade Gang
9
Bosnian mafiaOperations
The Bosnian mafia smuggled and sold 250,000 AK-47s to Iraq in 2003.