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Miroslav Antic wrote: > WENDY MCELROY: IS THE UN RUNNING BROTHELS IN BOSNIA? > > Is the United Nation's police force in Bosnia turning a blind eye or, > even worse, participating in sex trafficking? It certainly seems that, > as this new scandal emerges, the corruption reaches upward into the UN > hierarchy. > If prostitution is illegal in Bosnia, then why - in the presence of some > 20,000 NATO peacekeepers and thousands of other U.N. officials, > policemen and aid workers - has sexual trafficking in the region become > an international scandal? > > One answer may be that the United Nation's police force may be turning a > blind eye or, even worse, participating in the sex trafficking itself. > It certainly seems that, as the scandal emerges, the corruption reaches > upward into the United Nations. > > Last summer, American Kathryn Bolkovac, a former Nebraska police woman, > was fired from the U.N.'s International Police Task Force. Bolkovac > claims it was because she spoke out against the United Nation's > involvement in sex trafficking. Through interviews with 85 women coerced > into sex, Bolkovac learned that U.N. officers were not only using the > women for sex but also seemed to be active in the business end - for > example, the forging of documents to transport young girls across > national borders. > > The young girls are from desperately poor nations like Romania. Many > reportedly answer ads for "legitimate" work only to be kidnapped, taken > across borders and enslaved in brothels that operate with the full > knowledge of the local authorities. > > After Bolkovac advised various U.N. officials about the sex ring, IPTF > Deputy Commissioner Mike Stiers decided that Bolkovac was > psychologically worn out. Although an extension of her contract had been > recommended prior to the e-mail, she was transferred to a suburb of > Sarajevo, then fired. Bolkovac stated, "Those responsible ... did not > want to hear about this." > > Douglas Coffman, a spokesman for the United Nations in Sarajevo, denied > the accusation, but Bolkovac is the not the first to hurl it. Stories of > U.N. corruption were already appearing in the European press. David > Lamb, a former Philadelphia policeman working as a U.N. human rights > investigator in central Bosnia, leveled even more serious charges. He > provided evidence that IPTF members were directly linked to forcing > girls into prostitution. Most prominently, he named two Romanian > officers who sold women directly to brothels. Lamb filed his findings. > He found that "the opposition of the central [U.N.] Mission Headquarters > was unbelievable." > > The Washington Post reported on what happened next. "The United Nations > quashed an investigation ... into whether U.N. police were directly > involved in the enslavement of Eastern European women in Bosnian > brothels, according to U.N. officials and internal documents." > > Another difficulty in assessing the situation is that U.N. officials do > not admit that anything is amiss. When asked about Lamb's allegations > against the Romanian officers, Jacques Klein - the U.N. secretary > general's special representative to Bosnia - declared, "I have > absolutely no evidence, no record, and I'm unaware of any internal > investigation into any alleged misconduct involving a Romanian police > monitor." > > A few weeks later, confidential U.N. documents revealed that Lamb had > notified several U.N. officials about the two Romanians. Moreover, after > Lamb departed, a Canadian officer, the Romanian government and an > anti-corruption unit of the United Nations investigated the case in > turn. Rosario Ioanna, the Canadian, issued a report similar to Lamb's, > complaining that local U.N. authorities tried to close down the > investigation. Yet the United Nations refuses to allow the Romanian > policemen to be interviewed. > > Subsequent U.N. investigations appear to be cosmetic. For example, an > inquiry was instigated but, according to the Post, investigators didn't > bother to contact Lamb or other whistleblowers. Not surprisingly, the > inquiry found insufficient grounds to probe further. > > The character revealed by the United Nations in Bosnia is particularly > significant today. The agency is pushing hard to become a global > government. In March, the U.N.'s High Level Panel of Financing > Development will meet in Mexico and endorse recommendations that are > expected to include: a World Taxing Authority, global taxes on fossil > fuel and/or on all currency exchange and U.N. supervision of all > international finance. > > As the United Nations pushes for jurisdiction over the globe, it is > important to remember how it has acted in Bosnia. The character of an > institution, no less than of an individual, is revealed through actions, > not words. It is revealed in the small behaviors. Such as the > willingness to watch or participate in the selling of young girls into > the living hell of Bosnian brothels. > > The U.S. is the most powerful force opposing the United Nations. If > America refuses to meet U.N. demands - and, as yet, the U.S. has not > even paid its U.N. fees - then worldwide government will fail. If U.N. > policy in Bosnia is a microcosm of what globalization would look like, > then an autonomous and dissenting U.S. becomes the hope of the world. > http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/01/23/25943.html > > Serbian News Network - SNN > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.antic.org/ __________________________________________________________ Get Premium UNLIMITED Internet Access across CANADA for JUST $9.95/MONTH at http://www.get3web.com/?mkid=emt123 Serbian News Network - SNN [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.antic.org/
