OIL FOR FOOD PANEL
April 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED Nations has unveiled a three-member panel charged with investigating allegations of substantial corruption within its now defunct Oil for Food Programme, under which Iraq's deposed Baathist regime sold limited supplies of crude, supposedly to fund humanitarian supplies.It is already known that the Saddam Hussein government exploited the system to purchase non-essential supplies and secure kickbacks, but claims have also been made that UN officials also profited illegally from kickbacks or skimming off proceeds.The investigators ...
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