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Embattled Federal Agency Failed To Verify Ukraine Aid Partners Weren’t Enabling Sex Trafficking

Foreign aid agencies under scrutiny from President Donald Trump did not properly review the humanitarian groups that funded to prevent sexual abuse of victims of the Ukrainian war, the Watchdog report stated. It’s.

Thursday Report The Inspector Officer (USAID) of the Agency of the United States International Development (USAID) discovered that the agency failed to follow its own policy on the recognition of aid in war-torn Ukrainian aid, and report to resolve the issue refused to fully follow the recommendations. The investigation adds ongoing criticism of USAID’s taxpayer dollar handling as the Trump administration moves to shut down agencies Disappointing part on the left.

The inspector’s office states that over 90% of the Ukrainian Fundraising Awards are protected from the risk of trafficking that Ukrainians ramp out between February 2022 and September 2023. We discovered that there is a lack of “prevention and reporting measures” necessary to demonstrate.

Media coverage and international advocacy groups say that Ukrainian women fleeing the war with Russia Prime Target for Sex Traffickerreportedly some of it has been reported Spots near Aid Shelter In Europe.

The inspector’s office said that after Russia’s invasion in 2022, “about 90% of those who fled the country” were “women and children, and women were sexually exploited and abused (sea), human trafficking and coercion He said he has the highest risk of prostitution.”

The aid group should explain measures to protect clients when applying for USAID funds, the report said. Many applications “lacked sufficient details” on the issue and did not meet Usaid’s standards, but institutions funded the organization anyway It’s a song worth around $750 million.

USAID has since been unable to properly monitor organizational compliance with prevention policies. “Due to restrictions on Ukraine’s movements, [USAID] Staff relied on “third-party monitors” to perform monitoring, the inspector’s office found.

The office said it had received zero reports of sexual abuse affecting Ukrainian USAID partners by August.

USAID addressed the office’s concerns in its December 2024 response and agreed to two of the three procedural proposals. While inspecting aid sites, he rejected a proposal to ask for a “question” about “protection from sexual exploitation and abuse-related guidance.”

The agency pays “USAID is intended to support highly condemned and sensitive topics, and could further harm those who are not in line with the best evidence-based practice.” He insisted that he would question his body.

Since Trump shut down USAID in February, conservative figures and organizations have criticised many actions throughout its history, but some say it’s necessary to support vulnerable groups around the world. Masu. Advance “democracy.” (Related: USAID wasted billions of dollars in tax money on programs that actively hurt Americans. Here’s the receipt)

“USAID is a prime example of fraud, waste and abuse that American taxpayers are tired of fundraising,” said The Daily Caller News Foundation, president of the Conservative American Principles Project. “Instead of acting as a responsible government agency, I have written checks on programs that clearly shouldn’t exist with the help of Joe Biden and other Democratic leaders.”

The White House removed Paul Martin as General Inspector when it was about to disband the agency on Tuesday. New York Post reported. Usaid’s Website It no longer worked and could not be reached for comments.

The Trump administration is currently facing a court ruling Auxiliary Freeze And that Plan to demolish it USAID.

USAID and the State Department have allowed millions of dollars to head to foreign terrorists and left-wing advocacy groups before Trump announced a suspension of its foreign aid program. The American Principles Project Database has been released On February 6th, USAID’s history funding “gender ideology” around the world.

“Instead of owning it until corruption,” Schilling told DCNF. Their pandaring to the public is embarrassing at best. ”

“President Trump and Elon Musk need to continue eradicating all waste that has infected government agencies, but that won’t stop there,” Schling said. “Congress must cut funds all the way through so that agencies will stop acting as a radical left-wing slash fund to destroy our country and wreak havoc on the world. Not there.”

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