1 May 2011
Luanda — The Paris appeals court acquitted on Friday Pierre Falcone and Arkady Gaydamak who were accused of links to arms trafficking to Angola.
Former minister Charles Pasqua, an icon of French conservative politics for decades, had been convicted of influence-peddling in the complex corruption case. The Paris appeals court acquitted him Friday.
The court also acquitted the former minister Charles Pasqua, an icon of French conservative politics for decades, had been convicted of influence-peddling in the complex corruption case.
Israeli billionaire Arkady Gaydamak and businessman Pierre Falcone were considered as the masterminds behind a network trafficking Soviet-made weapons to Angola during its civil war in the 1990s.
The original trial in 2009 involved 42 defendants, many of them former French officials accused in the sensitive far-reaching case the French dubbed Angolagate.
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Pierre Falcone Acquited in France-Angola Arms Traffic Trial