Good Intentions Corrupted

Despite its good intentions, mismanagement and corruption plagued the UN’s Oil-for-Food Program. More than 2,200 companies paid 1.8 billion in illegal surcharges and kickbacks to the Iraqi regime The UN Security Council stood by as the Iraqi regime outright smuggled about 8.4 billion of oil during the Program years in violation of UN sanctions. The Iraqi regime provided Benon Sevan, with rights to buy more than 7 million barrels of oil UN-related humanitarian agencies collected tens of millions of dollars for costs they never incurred. The whole story has never been told in one place until Good Intentions Corrupted.