UNODC – CORRUPTION
January 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE UNITED Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is sending legal and accounting specialists to Nigeria and Kenya, to help them trace and recover money stolen by previous corrupt governments. The agency will "conduct in-depth assessments of (their) institutional and legal frameworks", making detailed proposals to "overcome obstacles to asset recovery". The UNODC claims in the 90s, corrupt officials in Nigeria stole and exported at least US$2.2 billion, and embezzled US$5.5 billion, while more than US$3 billion has been lost in Kenya. Its ...
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