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  • ABC Scoop on UN Scandal: "Monumental Rip-Off?"

    04/21/2004 2:13:12 AM PDT · by The Raven · 110 replies · 1,300+ views
    ABC ^ | Apr 21, 2004 | Brian Ross
    April 20 — At least three senior United Nations officials are suspected of taking multi-million dollar bribes from the Saddam Hussein regime, U.S. and European intelligence sources tell ABCNEWS. One year after his fall, U.S. officials say they have evidence, some in cash, that Saddam diverted to his personal bank accounts approximately $5 billion from the United Nations Oil-for-Food program. In what has been described as the largest humanitarian aid effort ever undertaken, the U.N. Oil-for-Food program began in 1996 to help Iraqis who were suffering under sanctions imposed following the first Gulf War. The program allowed Iraq to sell...