Exclusive: Croneyism 'jeopardises staff security at FAO HQ'

ROME -- Experienced security guards at the FAO with firearms and language training are being passed over for promotion by the UN agency's management services director Piergiorgio Trentinaglia in favour of inexperienced cronies, jeopardising safety at Rome headquarters in the event of a terrorist attack or other emergency, FAO sources say. Three security team leaders out of five in the 50-strong security body at the Rome headquarters of the FAO have failed the UN firearms exam, meaning they should not have been promoted, the sources said.

