THIS REMINDS ME OF OJ'S CLAIM HE WAS GONNA HUNT DOWN NICOLE'S KILLERS: "World Bank and U.N. to Help Poor Nations Recover Stolen Assets"

NYTIMES:

The World Bank and the United Nations announced Monday that they were setting up a system to help developing nations recover assets stolen and sent abroad by corrupt leaders that amount to an estimated $40 billion a year.

“There should be no safe haven for those who steal from the poor,” Robert B. Zoellick, the bank’s president, said in presenting the plan with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Mr. Zoellick estimated that the overall cross-border flow of global proceeds from criminal activities, corruption and tax evasion was $1 trillion to $1.6 trillion annually, and said that even a small portion of that could provide financing for much-needed social programs.

• MAYBE ZOELLICK AND MOON CAN DO IT, BUT I DOUBT IT.
  
• I SUSPECT THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO CLEAN THE "AUGEAN STABLES" OF THEIR OWN INSTITUTIONS FIRST.
• AS IT STANDS NOW, THE UN AND THE WB HAVE ENORMOUS PROBLEMS OF THEIR OWN.
• HAVING THESE INSTITUTIONS INSPECT THIRD WORLD KLEPTOCRACIES WILL WORK ABOUT AS WELL AS OIL-FOR-FOOD.