Former U.N. oil-for-food head charged with bribery

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former executive director of the U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq and a brother-in-law of a former U.N. secretary-general have been charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud tied to the program, a U.S. federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Former executive director Benon Sevan, the highest ranking U.N. official to be charged in relation to the program, and Ephraim Nadler, brother-in-law of Boutros Boutros-Ghali, were named in an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday.

Sevan, a Cypriot, allegedly received about $160,000 from Nadler on behalf of the Iraqi government.

It's about time to start prosecuting the Oil for Food crooks!

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