OTTAWA — Audits of five Canadian embassies operating in “higher fraud-risk environments” have found cases of questionable procurement practices, undocumented payments for work, and sky-high levels of overtime for drivers. Management audits were conducted on Canadian embassies in Nigeria, Algeria, Russia, India and Kenya, as well as on Canada’s embassy in South Korea as a low-risk environment for comparison purposes. The audit found excessive amounts of overtime being claimed by drivers of the fleet. At the Algiers embassy, auditors found poor recording of contracts and cases where no invoices had been submitted for work performed. The audits all say the ambassadors and embassy managers were debriefed, and measures have been taken to fix the problems found.

Source: National Post November 29, 2017 01:18 UTC