So many sleezebags in this field, no surprises here.
Haiti sex scandal a 'global problem' within aid industry, former UN worker saysThe prostitution scandal engulfing international aid charity Oxfam is a symptom of a "global problem" in the aid industry, a former senior UN aid worker says.
Key points:
Oxfam staff accused of hiring prostitutes while delivering aid after 2010 Haiti earthquake
Ex-UN operations chief says problem widespread throughout aid charities
Questions over whether prostitutes in Haiti were underage
Oxfam is battling the fallout from revelations some of its staff engaged sex workers while delivering aid after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
The charity's deputy chief Penny Lawrence resigned overnight over what she described as the charity's failure to adequately respond to the past allegations.
Aid agencies Save the Children, the British Red Cross and Christian Aid have also confirmed reports of inappropriate sexual behaviour involving their staff.
But Andrew MacLeod, former chief of operations of the UN's Emergency Coordination Centre and Red Cross aid worker, said the Oxfam scandal is just the tip of the iceberg.
"It's a global problem across all charities, including the United Nations," Mr MacLeod said.
While there are no allegations of underage sexual behaviour in relation to the recent revelations, Mr MacLeod said Britain's National Crime Agency had warned since 1999, predatory child sex offenders targeted the developing world.
"Their chosen methodology to get access to children is to join a children's charity. That sounds both disgusting and unfortunately logical," he said.
The UN said last year there were 145 cases of sexual exploitation involving 311 victims reported within peacekeeping in 2016 alone.
"The secretary-general admitted the problem [of sexual exploitation] is not just in peacekeeping, it's also in the civilian side of the United Nations," Mr MacLeod said.
'Wild sex parties'
Among the allegations is that the head of Oxfam in Haiti had "wild sex parties" with multiple sex workers.
After Oxfam conducted its investigation into the allegations, many of the aid workers involved were allowed to resign — including the regional head of the mission.
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