New study says aid theft by terror groups and regimes is prolonging global conflicts
2025-09-01 12:40:41
A new study says United Nations Other relief groups appear again and again in the other direction because the aid allocated to civilians was stolen by terrorist groups and dictators, from Hamas in Gaza to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Last month, researchers, Dr. Nita Barak Corn from Jerusalem Hebrew University Dr. Jonathan Bokman explained the harmful impact of the transfer of aid in the war areas, including Somalia, Ethiopia, Syria, Yemen, Sudan and Afghanistan, before submitting the potential transfer issue in Gaza.
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In Somalia, the researchers found that the conversion of “every stage of the supply chain”, with nearly half of the World Food Program (WFP) budget that is seized by the cartel transport payments, “ghost camps” that prevent aid, members of the fighters who share assistance, and “local gate guards”.
In the end, the study evaluated that only 12.5 % to 17.5 % of aid reached the needy Somalis.
An internal report was reported in July 2023, commissioned by the Secretary -General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, as “completely secret”, and included claims from the internal displaced Somalis (IDPS) who said, “They have been inhabited in paying up to half of the cash assistance they received to people in power positions in the face of threats to threats, deaths or cancellation.
In Ethiopia, the researchers found that the program “appeared in the other direction” when converting, especially as Ethiopian military personnel forced local mills to grind 30 metric tons of grains looted in flour for their soldiers.
the The United States Agency for International Development (The American Agency for International Development) discovered the contradiction and eventually suspended aid to Ethiopia.
Reuters also found that the World Food Program is aware of the transfer of aid in Ethiopia for several years. In response to the concerns that were expressed in 2024, Cindy McCain, director of the World Food Program, stated that the World Food Program has “tolerance with theft or conversion.
During the Syrian civil war, the report states that the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad “dictates the conditions of humanitarian assistance.” This included getting rid of about 51 % of aid through currency exchange, and identified that rebel -controlled areas were very dangerous to distributing aid.
David Edsnik, Vice President of the Defense Defense Defense Foundation, told the Fox News Digital that the funding of Assad created a “war of extermination”. It was “not only that you are losing some assistance or wasting it, but you Effectively, which makes the conflict worse It causes more violence. ”
While the United Nations has reported about the disappearance of about 1 % of aid, the authors report estimated that about 60 % of the beneficiaries did not receive aid, which was given to Houthi loyalists or sold on the market by bad actors.
In Sudan, the warring factions tried to reject the aid to the opponents. When Aid Aid was looted, the researchers reported that the organization failed to identify Looter, “afraid of his expulsion from Sudan.”
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The researchers reported that two major World Food Program officials faced an investigation “on allegations including fraud and hiding information from donors” in Sudan.
In August 2024, the British Program program told Reuters that the Inspector General Office is studying “allegations of individual misconduct related to violations in the pockets of our work in Sudan.”
During the 2001-2021 Afghanistan War, Barack Corn and Boxman found that about 40 % of aid was transferred by tax humanitarian organizations on the Taliban, demanding medical care for fighters, and putting members in the salaries of humanitarian organizations.
The study found that the international supervisors who discovered the activities “avoid[ed] Submit reports to donors. “
“It suspects this [diversion figures] higher. The Taliban was still in the backward aid organizations and transfer aid to fill their treasures. “
While the United Nations Relief and Business Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East (UNRWAThe transfer of aid in Gaza, Park Corn and Bakman denied that the transfer had been reported by the World Food Program and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. According to the authors, UNRWA should be seen as the process of converting simplified aid with a unique level of international immunity and liberation from accountability.
The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Coordination (OCA) refused to respond to questions about transferring in other conflict areas or whether aid providers have been motivated to hide the transfer of donors.
“We have no evidence to transfer systematic aid from the United Nations to Hamas. The United Nations and our partners have strict observation, while overseeing delivery operations when they are empowered,” said UNOCHA spokesman.
The spokesman said that the United Nations and humanitarian groups “have a set of measures in force … to alleviate the risk of transferring aid and provide effective control.”
“The answer to UNOCHA clarifies the exact phenomenon that we have indicated in our research, which is that the United Nations prefers to avoid and suppress the issue of transferring aid as a public problem instead of facing it.”
United Nations private numbers show that my appreciation 88 % of aid It did not reach its intended destination between May 19 and August 12.
An Israeli military official told the Fox News Digital that their issue lies in Hamas “controlling, selling aid, obtaining money from it, and paying salaries, including [recruiting] Other youth to fight against us. ”
The official explained that the United Nations “does not pay for it. The world pays its priceAnd not responsible enough to avoid the hands of Hamas. In this way, the official said, “They help Hamas and help make this war longer.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
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