Peacekeeper 'smuggled Congo gold'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Friday, 13 July 2007, 06:31 GMT 07:31 UK

Peacekeeper 'smuggled Congo gold'

A United Nations inquiry has confirmed that a Pakistani
peacekeeper in the Democratic Republic of Congo was involved
in smuggling gold.

A Pakistani contingent was accused of selling gold and guns
between 2005 and 2006 to Congolese militia groups they were
meant to disarm.

The investigation, which began in early 2006, found no
evidence of gun-running.

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Now the head of UN peacekeeping, Jean-Marie Guehenno, has
told the BBC: "The investigation has found no evidence of gun
smuggling but it has identified an individual who seems to
have facilitated gold smuggling.

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