Benon Sevan on Elba

Claudia Rosett

Jan 17, 2007 11:17 AM January 17, 2007 11:17 AM

… Actually, he’s on Cyprus. But with the indictment handed down yesterday in a New York federal court, the self-imposed exile of the former director of the UN Oil-for-Food empire is starting to get a lot more interesting. More in my column today on NRO.

(The photo shows the building in Nicosia where Sevan was living as of March, 2006, in the apartment on the near side, top floor).

For media inquiries, please contact [email protected] Claudia Rosett is widely recognized as a ground-breaking reporter on corruption at the United Nations. Her investigative reporting skills, drawn from three decades as a journalist covering international affairs, led her to expose the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, the worst financial fraud in the history of humanitarian relief. Ms. Rosett worked from 1984-2002 as a staff editorialist, editor and reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and has appeared before six U.S. House and Senate Committees and Subcommittees to testify on subjects including U.N.-related corruption and the Iran-North Korea strategic alliance. Her work on Oil-for-Food earned Claudia the 2005 Eric Breindel Award and the Mightier Pen award, and for her on-site coverage of China's Tiananmen Square in 1989, she won an Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence. She is a Foreign Policy Fellow with the Independent Women's Forum, and writes a column on foreign affairs for Forbes.com.