The executive director of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) Washington is in trouble.

The Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General has just released a damning report into allegations of favoritism in hiring at the agency.

The report describes efforts by INTERPOL’s executive officer, Warren Lewis, to obtain positions for his son and for three persons associated with members of his family, as well as the efforts of Lewis and other INTERPOL Washington managers to obtain internships for people they knew.

According to the report, “Lewis exploited his position as executive officer to ensure his son received a contract position at INTERPOL Washington.”

“Lewis repeatedly contacted the Department’s Justice Management Division to facilitate the selection of former interns, a group that included his son,” the report found. “Lewis also contacted the contractor’s vice president about a job for his son, with the result that the vice president instructed his subordinates to ‘provide extra attention to his processing for obvious reasons,’ and to ‘earmark a spot for him.’”

The report found that Lewis had a financial interest in the selection of his son as a contractor.

“During part of the time Lewis was helping his son secure his position as a contractor, his son was living in the townhouse owned by Lewis and paying rent to Lewis,” the report found. “Lewis knew that if his son received the contractor position, his son would have a salary from which he could pay rent to Lewis. We concluded that by using his position to obtain employment for his son, Lewis failed to adhere to his ethical responsibilities under the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.”

“Prior to ensuring his son’s selection as a contractor, Lewis obtained an intern position for his son at INTERPOL Washington. We found that Lewis misused his official position in violation of the Standards of Ethical Conduct when he instructed his subordinate to include his son in the 2011 INTERPOL Washington summer internship program.”