Rafiq Al-Natsheh, head of the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission, smokes a cigarette as he attends an interview with Reuters in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 23, 2016. Picture taken February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The head of the Palestinian anti-corruption body says he has clawed back $70 million in five years but his investigators have failed to uncover evidence to justify allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars in government funds have gone missing.
Rafiq al-Natsheh, chairman of the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission, said "tens of millions of dollars" needed to be tracked down and that one of the biggest challenges facing his team was getting funds back that had disappeared abroad.
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