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The Baghdad Job, History’s Biggest Bank Heist

The Baghdad Job, History’s Biggest Bank Heist

The biggest bank heist in history (and why you've never heard of it)

The Economist   3.06M subscribers  170,409 views  Jul 28, 2023  In 2022 news broke that $2.5bn had been stolen in Iraq, the biggest bank heist ever. Nicolas Pelham, The Economist's Middle East correspondent, follows the money

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01:41 - The investigation begins

02:28 - Where did the money come from?

03:55- Who was Nur Zuheir?

04:29 - Following the trail in Baghdad

08:11- Corruption in Iraq

13:21 - The government changes course

15:46 - Who is complicit, really?

16:50 - What happened to the money?

Artwork based on illustrations by Mike McQuaid

 The biggest bank heist in history (and why you've never heard of it)


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