Russia Seeks to Thwart U.N. Task Force That Led Bribery Probes

From The Washington Post:

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 -- Russia is seeking the ouster of a senior U.N. corruption investigator and his team of specialists on white-collar crimes after they conducted hard-hitting probes into one of its diplomats and another Russian national, according to U.S. officials and U.N. documents.

The move is aimed at thwarting efforts to retain members of the U.N. Procurement Task Force after its mandate expires at the end of the month. The United Nations had proposed integrating the task force into an expanded, permanent U.N. investigation division to strengthen the organization's capacity to investigate fraud.

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