A former UN employee who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting nine women was sentenced in New York City to 15 years in prison this week as his victims came to court and convicted him of the crimes.
Karim Elkorany, 39, received the maximum sentence of 15 years in prison from United States District Judge Naomi Buchwald shortly after nine of the thirteen rape victims of the former UN employee spoke about the crimes in court. The New York Post reports.
“Her crime has destroyed my life and I have spent the last six years trying to reconstruct it, piece by piece,” the first woman, identified as “victim 1”, told the court.
“There is no part of me that has remained intact,” added victim 1, occasionally wiping the tears from his eyes. “The trauma I experienced following the assault has spread like cancer to every corner of my life and I am still discovering areas it has infected.”
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Vehicles of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) drive along the main road leading to the southern Lebanese city of Naqura, near the border with Israel, on October 27, 2022.
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“Your story ends here today, Karim,” another victim told Karim in court. “You are, and forever will be, known as a predator and a rapist. The women you have persecuted are some of the most talented and strongest women I know.”
Elkorany, a former communications specialist and a UNICEF worker at the United Nations, admitted that he drugged 20 victims and sexually assaulted thirteen of them between 2005 and 2016 in Iraq, Egypt and the United States. according to statements from the Southern District of New York.
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The headquarters of the United Nations in New York City.
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“Karim Elkorany has been perpetrating monstrous acts against multiple women for nearly two decades,” US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement. “In today’s proceedings, Elkorany was held accountable by the court and also by his victims, some of whom confronted him with powerful statements about the grave harm he caused as a result of his horrific conduct. We express deep gratitude to all victims for their courage to step forward and continue to strive to do everything possible to bring authors like Elkorany to justice “.
Elkorany, of West Orange, New Jersey, was also sentenced to three years of probation and sentenced to pay a restitution to be determined at a later date.
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November 17, 2009: The UNICEF logo is depicted on a building in Geneva. (Reuters)
In a statement to Fox News Digital, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the organization “welcomes the efforts of US authorities to ensure that Karim ElKorany is held accountable for his criminal conduct.”
“Since the United Nations has no judicial authority, we rely on the actions of Member States and cooperate with them to ensure that UN personnel who engage in criminal conduct are held accountable, particularly with regard to related criminal charges. to sexual exploitation and abuse, “Dujarric said. “This particularly striking case is an example of the necessary cooperation between Member States and the United Nations to ensure criminal responsibility.”
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Dujarric added that the United Nations received reports from two women in December 2016 about Elkorany and placed him on administrative leave after an initial investigation. The United Nations alerted US authorities to the alleged crimes in early 2017, Dujarric said.
