Corruption, threats, and relations with influential people… Al-Sudani orders an investigation into “shocking” files about the work of the United Nations, 6 FEB

 Corruption, threats, and relations with influential people… Al-Sudani orders an investigation into “shocking” files about the work of the United Nations

Shafaq News/ After shocking newspaper reports about the work of its mission and development program in Iraq, the United Nations confirmed an expanded investigation following information about employees in the international organization, specifically in the United Nations Development Programme, who sought to obtain bribes from influential Iraqis in exchange for granting them deals within the framework of Construction projects, worth up to $1.5 billion, as Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani directed a separate investigation.

According to an internal United Nations document, obtained by the British newspaper The Guardian, the Director of the United Nations Development Programme, Achim Steiner, was assigned to “conduct an administrative review and evaluation of the allegations” after it was revealed that his employees were receiving bribes in exchange for helping businessmen obtain construction contracts.

shafaq.com