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http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/au/Qkosovo-un-corruption.R9Pw_CAU.html Four million dollars lost in Kosovo energy fraud: EU Tuesday, 30-Apr-2002 -Despite imports of energy over the past three years, local media reported that Kosovo only enjoyed four full days without any power cuts last year. PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, 30 April (AFP) - Fraudsters have creamed off 4.5 million euros (four million dollars) from the budget of Kosovo's electricity company, an EU official said Tuesday, adding that an international member of the UN mission in the territory was suspected of involvement. Andy Bearpark, a top economic official in the UN-administered province, said he had evidence of possible corruption in Kosovo's KEK electricity company, which both produces energy locally and imports it from outside. He said the money was stolen from international aid provided to allow the territory to import energy, which comes mainly from elsewhere in Serbia and from Bulgaria. "I have known for many months that there are rumours about corruption in KEK... I now have evidence," Bearpark said at a press conference. "From people possibly concerned one is an international that at one stage was working for my organization," Bearpark said adding that he had notified the European anti fraud office in Brussels The official, who heads the EU's economic program in Kosovo, declined to give further details. The province's economy has struggled to recover since Kosovo came under UN administration in 1999 after NATO military action ended Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on ethnic Albanians in the province. Despite imports of energy over the past three years, local media reported that Kosovo only enjoyed four full days without any power cuts last year. "In the last three years a substantial amount of electricity was imported into Kosovo. Most of it came from Bulgaria and some from Serbia," Bearpark said. KEK is run by a local managment and supervised by international staff in the province. The province's UN administrator, Michael Steiner, who took up his post earlier this year, said that fighting corruption and crime was one of his priorities. "What we heard today shows that we mean it. There is zero tolerance for crime," Steiner said at Tuesday's press conference. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
