Hmm similiar to Iraq oil for food scandal--and another similiarity is have hard time finding anything about it in some area's of media 
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The U.N. has shut down its development office in North Korea, apparently because an impending audit of its operations was about to find that the place had been operating as a virtual ATM for Kim Jong Il's government.
The Chicago Tribune reports that North Korean government officials would show up at the office on a regular basis and would leave with manila envelopes stuffed with hard cash, with no receipt or accounting provided. The money is said to have amounted to as much as $150 million, siphoned from aid projects the U.N. was supposed to be funding.
The Tribune says the office was closed the same day the audit was about to begin and there are suspicions the shutdown was intended to keep the audit from going forward.
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The U.N. has shut down its development office in North Korea, apparently because an impending audit of its operations was about to find that the place had been operating as a virtual ATM for Kim Jong Il's government.
The Chicago Tribune reports that North Korean government officials would show up at the office on a regular basis and would leave with manila envelopes stuffed with hard cash, with no receipt or accounting provided. The money is said to have amounted to as much as $150 million, siphoned from aid projects the U.N. was supposed to be funding.
The Tribune says the office was closed the same day the audit was about to begin and there are suspicions the shutdown was intended to keep the audit from going forward.
