UK foreign aid fraud investigations 'quadruple in last five years'

National Audit Office says rise has occurred as more public money is delivered to ‘fragile’ countries where bribery can be seen as ‘cultural norm’


Fraud investigations involving foreign aid have quadrupled over five years as more public money is given to “fragile” countries, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found. Reforms introduced by David Cameron to increase funding and assign it to unstable nations have increased the risk of wrongdoing, according to the National Audit Office. -- More...

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