Shell News Archive Monday 29 November, 2004
TimesOnline (UK): The wages of greed: Robert Winnett and Stephen Grey reveal how the UN betrayed the poor of Iraq in what is being called the greatest financial scandal ever: “…throughout the oil trade, at the top of international corporations and foreign ministries, everybody knew.”: “His Swiss company would simply take possession of the coupon and, quite legally, sell the oil to a big western oil company such as Shell or BP. In return, Mr Cash was in a position to hand the politician a large envelope of cash, or even arrange a transfer to a foreign bank account.” (ShellNews.net) Posted 29 Nov 04