Former oil-for-food chief may face corruption charges

THE former head of the United Nations oil-for-food programme in Iraq could face charges after a committee investigating the tainted programme said it had found enough evidence of a kickback scheme to support prosecution.

The UN-backed committee released its findings on the former programme director Benon Sevan on Monday.

Hours earlier, another UN official involved in the $64 million (€52m) humanitarian programme was charged in Manhattan with soliciting a bribe from a company seeking an oil-for-food contract.