Philippines struggles to keep typhoon aid, donations graft-free


  • World
  • Saturday, 23 Nov 2013

A man searches through the debris of destroyed buildings in a village of fishermen in Tanauan November 20, 2013. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

MANILA (Reuters) - As millions of dollars pour in for more than four million left homeless by a typhoon in the central Philippines, authorities are grappling with a familiar problem - how to stop fraudulent claims and prevent greedy politicians taking advantage.

Typhoon Haiyan smashed through the country on November 8, laying waste to just about everything in its path, and killing more than 4,000 people.

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