Money that was earmarked to train Iraqi police has, well, gone missing. DynCorp International, the private contractor that won the bid to train the recruits, received the funding from the US State Department.
From CNN:
“The bottom line is that State can’t account for where it went,” said Glenn D. Furbish, who was involved in putting together the 20-page report for the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction (SIGIR).
The Department of State’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) “did not have the information needed to identify what DynCorp provided under the contract or how funds were spent,” the report said.
As a result, the audit agency announced it has suspended its oversight of the agency’s project until INL gathers the information.
“Their records are just not detailed,” Furbish said Monday in a telephone interview. “From an audit perspective, we’ve identified the problem; they’re working to rectify the problem.”
Hmm, hopefully they didn’t blow all the cash on illicit endeavours. According to Wikipedia in 1999 DynCorp employees allegedly frequented brothels staffed by sex slaves in Bosnia. There also appears to be a questionable pattern of behaviour from this firm after having read the Wikipedia references.
CNN Article Link
BBC Article Link
Wikipedia DynCorp Link
[tags]Money Missing, Iraqi Police Money, DynCorp, DynCorp International[/tags]
