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FRANCE: French court to pass verdict on rogue trader Kerviel

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:01:03 +0000

The Societe Generale rogue trader, Jerome Kerviel (pictured), faces sentencing in a Paris courtroom Tuesday. The 33-year-old’s defence has persistently argued that Kerviel’s bosses were aware of his risky deals which nearly destroyed the bank.
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FRANCE: French court finds ‘criminal error’ in Rio-Paris air crash

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:55:13 +0000

A “criminal error” characteristic of “manslaughter” helped cause the crash of an Air France flight between Paris and Rio de Janeiro in June 2009, a French court has ruled, paving the way for a first compensation claim.
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FRANCE: Paris court sentences ex-dictator Noriega to seven years in jail

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:34:27 +0000

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.
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JUSTICE: French court set to rule in Noriega money laundering trial

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:26:03 +0000

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.
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FRANCE: L’Oreal fraud trial adjourned amid growing tax scandal

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:39:01 +0000

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.
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FRANCE: Former Vivendi boss Messier back in court

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:51:06 +0000

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.
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FRANCE: Court grants parole to convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:22:01 +0000

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.
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FRANCE: Court grants parole to convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM, says lawyer

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:44:49 +0000

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.
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FRANCE: Court jails ‘Robin Hood’ security guard for three years

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:55:11 +0000

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.
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JUSTICE: French court opposes Iranian engineer’s extradition to US

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:36:02 +0000

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.
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