FILE PHOTO: Men walk out of Baghdad's Karkh main appeals court building (Photo by SABAH ARAR / AFP)
Two sentenced for forging terrorism court documents in Baghdad
BAGHDAD — A Baghdad court on Wednesday sentenced two men to prison for forging arrest and investigation orders attributed to a terrorism court, the Supreme Judicial Council said.
The Karkh Criminal Court sentenced one defendant to three years and the other to two years after finding they jointly forged two documents from the Karkh Investigation Court specialized in terrorism cases.
The sentences were issued under Articles 292 and 298 of the Penal Code, with participation provisions under Articles 47, 48 and 49.
The case is among a string of forgery prosecutions across Iraq. In December, authorities dismantled a currency forgery and smuggling network in Basra, arresting three suspects accused of moving counterfeit Iraqi dinars and forged U.S. dollars. In September, the Central Criminal Court sentenced a man to 10 years for forging state seals.
Earlier in 2025, authorities broke up four groups accused of forging official documents in Baghdad, Nineveh and Muthanna. Police in Baghdad’s Sadr City uncovered a forgery lab producing fake government documents, and the Federal Commission of Integrity announced arrests over forged agricultural applications in Diyala.