Devex Newswire: Somali network skims off US aid in major scam

In an exclusive report, we detail the findings of a highly confidential U.N. investigation into the theft of aid in camps for internally displaced people in Somalia.

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It’s a bombshell revelation: Somalis displaced by drought and conflict who are receiving U.S. aid are being exploited by a cabal of Somali landowners, clan leaders, police, and other local authorities who are systematically taxing that aid and even threatening to arrest, beat, or deny lifesaving assistance to anyone refusing to pay up.

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