FRANCE: Paris court sentences ex-dictator Noriega to seven years in jail
A French court has sentenced 76-year-old former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega to seven years in jail for laundering some 2.3 million euros in drug money through French banks during the 1980s. Read More
JUSTICE: French court set to rule in Noriega money laundering trial
A French court is set rule Wednesday in the trial of 76-year-old former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, who has been charged with laundering some €2.3 million in drug money through French banks during the 1980s. Read More
FRANCE: L’Oreal fraud trial adjourned amid growing tax scandal
A French court has indefinitely adjourned the trial of photographer Francois-Marie Banier (photo), the man accused of defrauding L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, saying it needed time to examine new evidence linking Bettencourt to a tax scandal. Read More
FRANCE: Former Vivendi boss Messier back in court
Former Vivendi boss Jean Marie Messier, who faces charges of embezzlement and misleading the stock market, told a French court on Wednesday that he acted in the best interests of the company. If convicted, he faces up to five years in jail. Read More
FRANCE: Court grants parole to convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM
A French court ordered the conditional release Tuesday of Ali Vakili Rad (pictured), the Iranian agent jailed for the 1991 assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar, a former Iranian PM during the Shah’s era who had fled to France. Read More
FRANCE: Court grants parole to convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM, says lawyer
A French court has granted a conditional release for Ali Vakili Rad (photo), the Iranian agent jailed for the 1991 assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar, a former Iranian PM during the Shah’s era, Vakili Rad’s lawyer told reporters Tuesday. Read More
FRANCE: Court jails ‘Robin Hood’ security guard for three years
Toni Musulin, a French security guard who became an Internet sensation after he stole 11.6 million euros in 2009, has been jailed for three years by a French court. Read More
JUSTICE: French court opposes Iranian engineer’s extradition to US
The Paris court of appeals on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite Iranian engineer Majid Kakavand to the United States, where he has been accused of illegally furnishing Iran with technology that could be used for military purposes. Read More