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| 'Karachi Affair' Suspect Detained in France for 'Escape Bid' |
| 2013-05-31 |
[An Nahar] Police on Thursday nabbedDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! a Franco-Lebanese businessman who is being probed in a high-profile political financing scandal over suspicions he was trying to flee La Belle France, a source close to the case said. Ziad Takieddine, who is banned from leaving La Belle France as investigations into the so-called Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... affair go on, allegedly paid 200,000 euros ($260,000) for a diplomatic passport from the Dominican Republic, the source said. The businessman is embroiled in several scandals in La Belle France, some of which allegedly involve former President Nicolas Sarkozy ...23rd President of the French Republic. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit... and other high-profile politicians. He has claimed he has proof Sarkozy received illicit funding from Libya's ex-dictator Moamer Qadaffy for his successful 2007 presidential campaign, and an official probe into the allegation has been opened. Takieddine is also being investigated for suspected money laundering after he was detained with 1.5 million euros in cash on a private flight out of Libya in March 2011, French judicial sources said late last year. And he has been charged with corruption in a case centred on commissions he allegedly received in 1994 arms deals that could have been used illegally in ex-prime minister Edouard Balladur's presidential campaign the next year. The so-called Karachi affair has also embroiled Sarkozy, who was Balladur's campaign front man and budget minister at the time. Dominique Penin, one of Takieddine's lawyers, refused to comment when contacted by Agence La Belle France Presse. |
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