Long article.The Russian natural gas company Gazprom, which supplies much of Europe's gas imports, is at the center of a secretive cabal of mostly state-owned natural gas companies that has been operating for two decades under the aegis of the United Nations, according to a first-ever audit of the operation obtained by Fox News.
Even though it is a U.N. entity, the group, known simply as the Gas Centre, runs on a budget funded by its corporate members. Its supervisory Executive Board has never been approved by the U.N. agency of which it is nominally a part, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, or UNECE. The group's priorities, and its detailed budget, likewise manage to stay below the U.N.'s supervisory radar.
What is going on here? Tax evasion or something more?