USAID OIG initiated an investigation into an allegation that a former USAID mission director was the client of a commercial sex ring.
OIG worked with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security to investigate the allegations.
They found evidence showing that the former mission director posted online reviews of over 40 sex workers located in the United States and overseas. He told special agents that he had solicited and paid sex workers while on temporary duty assignments and while he was posted overseas as a USAID foreign service officer.
The U.S. Department of Justice declined to pursue Federal criminal charges against the former mission director—a retired Senior Foreign Service Officer. OIG provided a report to USAID for action.