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France's elite in 'Angolagate' trial

ft.com
06-Oct-2008
        
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By Christopher Thompson and Marshall Van Valen Thirteen members of France's political establishment will go on trial today over the sale in spite of an international arms embargo of millions of dollars in weapons to oil-rich Angola. Jacques Attali, an advisor to France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, son of former President François Mitterrand, Charles Pasqua, a former interior minister and the Israeli politician Arkadi Gaydamak are among those accused of helping to facilitate $790m (€576m) of arms sales to Angola between 1993-98. Angola was subject to United Nations sanctions prohibiting arms trading at the time. Mr Attali, charged with peddling influence and taking illegal commissions, headed a national economic advisory board appointed by Mr Sarkozy this year. Jean-Charles Marchiani, also on trial,... [read full story]                    

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06-Oct-2008
        

Published Date: 07 October 2008 THE son of a former French president and 40 other people charged with trafficking arms to war-torn Angola or taking kickbacks faced judges yesterday at the opening of a huge and long-awaited...

                   
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guardian.co.uk
06-Oct-2008
        

• Ex-minister and son of Mitterrand among accused • Secret network allegedly sought access to oil supply Jean-Christophe Mitterand leaving court after his mother deposited FRS 5 million for bail, Paris, 2001. Photograph: SIPA...

                   

French elite in the dock as £450m Angola arms trial begins in Paris

timesonline.co.uk
06-Oct-2008
        

Some of the leading names in France's political and business elite went on trial yesterday over an arms-dealing scandal that could shine light on the murkiest dealings of the French state. The son of the late President...

                   

France's former elite go on trial over arms trade

independent.co.uk
06-Oct-2008
        

The son of a former French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and a tycoon with ties to Arizona's jet set were among the headliners yesterday as 42 defendants went on trial in Paris, accused in a worldwide web of...

Huge gunrunning and graft trial opens in Paris

todayszaman.com
06-Oct-2008
        

The son of a late French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and 40 other people charged with trafficking arms to war-riven Angola or taking kickbacks will face judges Monday in a long-awaited trial in Paris.

                   

'Angolagate' trial opens in France

news.com.au
06-Oct-2008
        

A PRESIDENT'S son, a thriller writer and a former interior minister were among members of the French elite who went on trial in Paris today for illegal arms sales to Africa in a high-profile case dubbed Angolagate.

                   

'Angolagate' arms trial starts in Paris

euronews.net
06-Oct-2008
        

A huge arms trafficking trial, dubbed “Angolagate”, has started in Paris, with former high-ranking French officials among the 42 people in the dock. It is alleged that two businessmen, Pierre Falcone and Arkady Gaydamak,...

                   

French open trial in arms sale to Angola

iht.com
06-Oct-2008
        

Global stocks fall; oil slips below $90 "My client is not a dishonest man, he's not an arms vendor," Goldnagel said. The case is sensitive for Angola. A lawyer for the country, Francis Teitgen, said Monday that he would seek to...

                   
telegraph.co.uk: Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, son of the former French president, arrives in court where he is accused of involvement in France's 'Angolagate telegraph.co.uk

Angolagate 'arms for oil' trial opens in Paris

telegraph.co.uk
06-Oct-2008
        

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Angola wants trial scrapped

news24.com
06-Oct-2008
        

Paris - Angola will ask a French court to scrap the trial opening later on Monday of 42 politicians, businessmen and other public figures accused in the arms-to-Angola scandal of the 1990s, its lawyer said. Angola will invoke...

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