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August 09, 2005
The Oil-for-Food Investigation: Are the Returns Worth the Cost?
"After spending about US $35 million probing wrongdoing in Iraq's oil-for-food program, UN investigators have accused" Benan Sevan, "the former head of the humanitarian project, of taking nearly $150,000 in cash bribes, notes Haider Rizvi at Asia Times Online.
I hope the U.N. isn't spending millions just to find thousands of dollars in bribes. It's own accountants probably could have done that for far less. Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 9, 2005 07:28 AM
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