Gunmen killed 15 people in raids on a dozen gold shops in Baghdad today in another instance of violent crime replacing sectarian strife .

Five members of Iraq’s presidential guard are facing trial accused of a deadly Baghdad bank robbery amid a surge in the country’s crime rate.

GUNMEN killed eight security guards to steal £4.2 million (€4.87m) from a central Baghdad bank yesterday.

Gunmen killed eight security guards to steal $7m (€5m) from a central Baghdad bank today.

The US-led post-war government in Iraq awarded business to two multinational banks fined for violating US sanctions against Iraq during the regime of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein, records show.