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In Iraq, graft helps push property prices out of reach / 336A4EX
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"The increase in real estate prices is not linked to the market, it is linked to the mafias and money laundering," says Baghdad municipality spokesman Mohammed al-Rabie. In oil-rich but corruption plagued Iraq, real estate has become a popular way to launder money. Compounded by housing planning failures and an increasing demand, it has pushed prices in Baghdad rapidly out of reach for many ordinary Iraqis. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES