MOSTAR, Aug 18 (Hina) - Commenting on a recent New York Times article on corruption in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH), the head of the Mostar-based regional Office of the High Representative (OHR) for BH, Chris Riley, on Wednesday said the
OHR and the countries making up the Peace Implementation Council never wanted to diminish the weight of the problem. According to Riley, donor countries' governments and international organisations effect a strict control of finances allocated to BH. Riley refuted the allegations made in The New York Times that huge amounts of international assistance had been embezzled. Bosnian taxpayers' money had been used for wrong purposes, which caused considerable concern, he said. Riley also pointed out that some facts put forward in The New York Times article were incorrect, such as the existence of a 4,000-page report compiled by OHR's department for the p
MOSTAR, Aug 18 (Hina) - Commenting on a recent New York Times
article on corruption in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH), the head of the
Mostar-based regional Office of the High Representative (OHR) for
BH, Chris Riley, on Wednesday said the OHR and the countries making
up the Peace Implementation Council never wanted to diminish the
weight of the problem.
According to Riley, donor countries' governments and international
organisations effect a strict control of finances allocated to BH.
Riley refuted the allegations made in The New York Times that huge
amounts of international assistance had been embezzled.
Bosnian taxpayers' money had been used for wrong purposes, which
caused considerable concern, he said.
Riley also pointed out that some facts put forward in The New York
Times article were incorrect, such as the existence of a 4,000-page
report compiled by OHR's department for the prevention of tax
evasion, to which the article's author referred.
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