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  • UNron - Auditing Not A Priority In Oil For Food Program

    01/10/2005 7:51:11 AM PST · by .cnI redruM · 145+ views
    Knight Of The Mind ^ | 10 January 2004 | .cnI redruM
    Paul Volcker has made common knowledge officially official. The UN did a really poor job of auditing it's accounts involved in the Oil For Food Program. This led to widespread abuse and allowed Saddam Hussein to pocket millions of Euros, Pounds and Dollars worth of kickbacks and bribes. When describing the financial brigandage, Volcker's panel left us this chestnut of a summation. "More comprehensive monitoring" of the contracts could have prevented the massive rip-off, the U.N.-appointed panel said. That and one or two honest employees. It gets better. Volcker also found the following fraudulent payments in connection with the activities...
  • UN purges Iraq documents with $15-bn in question

    04/29/2003 11:19:28 AM PDT · by Cicero · 74 replies · 755+ views
    Mineweb ^ | April 28, 2003 | Tim Wood
    <!-- all.clsMenuItemNS{font: small Trebuchet MS; color: white; text-decoration: none;} .clsMenuItemIE{text-decoration: none; font: x-small Trebuchet MS; color: white; cursor: black;} A:hover {color: #0000CC} -->   SEARCH | FREE SUBSCRIPTION | ABOUT US | HOME       >Gold >Down Under >Mining Finance >Junior Mining >Platinum >Base Metals >Classic Mining >Special Reports >Diamonds >Trader's Notes >London Beat >Stock Picks >UN purges Iraq documents with $15-bn in question By: Tim Wood Posted: 2003/04/28 Mon 11:00 EDT  | © Mineweb 1997-2003 NEW YORK -- Increasing attention has been focused on the United Nations administered oil-for-food programme that was intended to provide the people of Iraq...