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  • FT: UN bribe attempt accusation (Iraq Oil-for-Food details)

    04/14/2005 5:57:50 PM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 2 replies · 295+ views
    FT ^ | 04/14/05 | Mark Turner
    UN bribe attempt accusationBy Mark Turner in New YorkPublished: April 14 2005 14:40 | Last updated: April 14 2005 23:30The United Nations suffered a further blow on Thursday when US authorities revealed that at least one high-ranking official in the organisation might have been bribed in connection with the Iraq oil-for-food programme by a South Korean lobbyist for the Baghdad government. The disclosure, in a complaint by the US attorney for the southern district of New York, came as criminal charges were also brought against three businessmen linked to Bayoil, a Texan oil company said to have played a “pivotal”...