James Bandler and Steve Stecklow, Wall Street Journal
October 8, 2007

A U.N. watchdog unit, created two years ago in the aftermath of the oil for food probe, may be shut down.

The task force has identified at least $610 million in allegedly tainted contracts and helped to convict a U.N. official on bribery charges. Singapore, a major force in the General Assembly committee that determines the antifraud task force’s funding, is putting pressure on the U.N. to dismantle it. Officials are unhappy with the treatment of one of Singapore’s diplomats investigated by the unit.

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