News / IRU 'hid' $554 million of members' funds through TIR carnet scheme, claims whistleblower

A former executive with the Geneva-headquartered International Road Transport Union (IRU) yesterday made a criminal complaint against its secretary general and chief operating officer, alleging they diverted some Sfr530m (US$554m) that should have been returned to members.

Marak Retelski, who led the IRU’s TIR department, administering the security payment system from national road associations’ TIR carnet fees, was dismissed from his post in January. Yesterday, he delivered a complaint numbering 343 pages to Swiss prosecutors, which he claims provides evidence of “grave criminal acts ...