Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 29

18-July-2005

Iraq

US Officials Launch Criminal Investigation Of UNs Sevan

District Attorney for Manhattan Robert Morgenthau has launched a criminal investigation of former UN oil-for-food official Benon Sevan, according to the district attorneys office. The investigation comes on top of that being carried out by former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, which is due to present its final report in August. The Volcker inquiry has already released...