Financial Times FT.com

UN chief’s son received cash from companies in probe

By Claudio Gatti in New York

Published: September 7 2005 06:40 | Last updated: September 7 2005 06:40

Kojo Annan, son of Kofi Annan, United Nations secretary-general, received more than $750,000 from several oil trading companies now under investigation for their role in the UN's oil-for-food programme (OFFP) for Iraq.

The funds were dispatched between 2002 and 2003 to an account Kojo Annan opened under his middle name – Adeyemo – in a Swiss branch of Coutts bank, according to people familiar with the transactions and records from two of the companies that issued the payments.

You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the button below.

Read this