Folsom's Replacement

The World Bank has selected a new director for its Department of Institutional Integrity (INT), the Bank office charged with investigating internal corruption. The new director, Leonard McCarthy, previously served as the head of South Africa’s “Scorpion” investigative unit, which has brought numerous corruption charges against various African officials.

McCarthy will replace Suzanne Rich Folsom, a former close aide of Paul Wolfowitz, who announced her resignation in January. GAP released a report last September detailing how Folsom’s dual positions as INT Director and Counselor to the President were a blatant conflict of interest, among other serious issues at the department.

-- Dylan Blaylock