Oil as weapon of mass corruption

Businessline Friday, Oct 15, 2004

The Iraq Survey Group has stumbled on a shocking collusion among the Iraqi regime, UN officials, and contractors in more than 40 countries, including the permanent members of the Security Council, in subverting the UN-administered Oil-for-Food Programme into the biggest and the most extensive international racket of modern times. The ISG has compiled a catalogue of the high-profile operators of the spoils system, naming all the names and mentioning specific figures. Where will the chips fall, wonders B. S. Raghavan.