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Nicolas Sarkozy's best man charged in arms sales corruption scandal
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| Contributor | La Fayette |
| Last Edited | La Fayette Sep 22, 2011 03:45pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Angelique Chrisafis |
| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Friday, September 23, 2011 03:10:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Nicolas Sarkozy's battle for re-election has been overshadowed by a major corruption scandal after two of his closest friends were charged by judges investigating alleged kickbacks on arms sales to Pakistan.
The investigation, known as the "Karachi affair", is the biggest French corruption scandal since the second world war, Sarkozy's political opponents said.
It is a potentially murderous saga of alleged illegal party funding, suitcases stuffed with banknotes, rightwing political rivalry and, ultimately, the deaths of 15 people in a bomb attack in Pakistan. |
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