UNODC Corruption After Ghada Waly Junket to Vietnam Has Guterres Mulling More Waste

UNODC Corruption After Ghada Waly Junket to Vietnam Has Guterres Mulling More Waste by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack UN GATE, March 5 –  How corrupt and decrepit has the UN system become under Antonio Guterres, in this case due to Guterres? Today's example is again from Vienna,   On March 5 UNODC whistleblowers told Inner City Press more: Dear Matthew Russell Lee: Thank you for your service to a better UN. You are a champion.  The world has turned the page on the Ghada Waly UNODC Cairo self-promotion corruption debacle and Secretary General Guterres still sits on the fence on her replacement, all while unqualified junior candidates lobby for the top UNODC job. Guterres corrupt nepotistic team remains underwhelmed by possibility of another low level diplomat becoming a Under-Secretary General and Executive Director. This as Permanent Missions to the UN are told his team is looking for a notable replacement with actual understanding of drugs and crime or terrorism, but nobody good wants to clean up the Guterres Waly corruption mess and good ones keep passing on the job. The hope and thinking now is a manageable low profile USG that restores UNODC to former glory before Waly and leaves long suffering chiefs alone to work, or a caretaker USG is sent to Vienna from New York to clean up.  Meanwhile Waly's handpicked acting Executive Director John Brandolino goes through the motions before his imminent retirement subtly working to maneuver his friend Candice Welsh to take over the UNODC Division of Treaty Affairs which he has long headed. Welsh is deeply insecure and has no understanding of terrorism, drugs or organized crime. Brandolino is intentionally isolating qualified chiefs in the Division to set her up, and she is no more than a pretender trying to get away from the Division of Policy which she has driven into the ground. This is Guterres' UN. And, now, that of USUN - no response to UN banning this reporting. MUNGA? Guterres is the kingpin of the corruption. Turk as a staffer on Guterres' 38th floor did nothing when his boss Guterres had the critical Press roughed up and thrown out. There has been no due process since, not even a response to Guterres' Melissa Fleming to a pro bono inquiry for Inner City Press from the law firm Quinn Emanuel. On June 19, 2025, this re-application. In January 2026, a denieal without any reaons given. Throughout February and still, alerts to USUN - no action, no response. Watch this site. *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2025 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com