Leaked Emails Reveal Widespread Corruption in Global Oil Industry (theage.com.au)

Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Michael Bachelard, and Daniel Quinlan report on a widespread corruption in the global oil industry for The Huffington Post: In the list of the world's great companies, Unaoil is nowhere to be seen. But for the best part of the past two decades, the family business from Monaco has systematically corrupted the global oil industry, distributing many millions of dollars worth of bribes on behalf of corporate behemoths including Samsung, Rolls-Royce, Halliburton and Australia's own Leighton Holdings. A massive leak of confidential documents has for the first time exposed the true extent of corruption within the oil industry, implicating dozens of leading companies, bureaucrats and politicians in a sophisticated global web of bribery and graft. After a six-month investigation across two continents, Fairfax Media and The Huffington Post can reveal that billions of dollars of government contracts were awarded as the direct result of bribes paid on behalf of firms including British icon Rolls-Royce, US giant Halliburton, Australia's Leighton Holdings and Korean heavyweights Samsung and Hyundai.

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[cayenne8]

Why would you be averse to Huffington Post when they're the ones who did the reporting?

Well, the HuffPo is pretty well known for having a leftist, liberal slant to most of their stories...in both choice of subject and type of coverage.

Much the same as in how Fox News tips a bit to the right.

With either, if you find a source more centrist, it adds to the authenticity of the story as published.