Pakistan official was paid 12 million for wheat sales, inquiry told
Australia’s monopoly wheat exporter paid a Pakistani government official 12 million US dollars to ensure sales within the country, a Sydney inquiry into Iraq’s UN oil-for-food scandal heard. The commission of inquiry into the AWB’s (formerly the Australian Wheat Board) business in Iraq is investigating the company’s practices in Pakistan as part of its probe into whether there was a culture of kickbacks in its foreign dealings. Full Story