CORRUPTION:  The French Find it on All Floors
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PARIS, Dec 14 (IPS) - A suspended prison sentence handed out to former  French prime minister Alain Juppe is one of several corruption  cases plaguing French politics and business.
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BUENOS AIRES -- The twisted mystery of an $800,000 suitcase confiscated in Argentina has kicked up so much dirt that almost everyone who gets near it -- even if clean -- is accused of being filthy.
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Embattled French bank Societe Generale faces fresh troubles Monday when a trial opens in Paris involving a vast money laundering scam between France and Israel.
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Senior French politicians stepped up calls for top managers at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale to resign over a rogue traderâs deals that cost the bank more than $7 billion.
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Oil wealth can often lead to corruption, according to the latest survey by anti-corruption campaign group Transparency International.
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France complained to the United States over accusations that French nationals and businesses took bribes from Iraq made in a report by the chief US weapons inspector.
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Whenever an entire industry is beset by scandal, look for the participants who are clean.
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France dismissed accusations made in an official US report that French businessmen and politicians received bribes from Saddam Hussein in order to influence government policy on Iraq, with the foreign ministry describing them as &quot;unverified.&quot;
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France has always had a soft spot for the lawbreaker. Now JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel, the trader who cost SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale more than $7 billion, has attracted a fan club of his own.
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The SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale worker who cost the French bank $7 billion in bad trades told investigators that all he wanted was to be respected, and to earn a big bonus.
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It's not every day you can say that France found itself embroiled in the middle of yet another internet gambling controversy Tuesday, after Dutch authorities arrested the CEO of Unibet - a Swedish online gambling provider with a history of run-ins with French authorities - on an outstanding French warrant.â¦
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When thieves made off with a scooter belonging to a son of French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy, police got cracking: with help from fingerprints and DNA tests, they caught three suspects within two weeks.
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The man at the center of a trading  scandal at Societe Generale said that his activities could not  have gone undetected by the French bank.
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PARIS -- French judges searched the house of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin yesterday as part of an investigation into allegations of a smear campaign against President Nicolas Sarkozy, a judicial source said.
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Evidence has emerged suggesting France's interior minister was aware of an alleged plot to smear Nicolas Sarkozy.
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In so many ways, French politician and presidential aspirant Nicolas Sarkozy is a breath of fresh air in French and European politics.
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In 2003, France took an unforgettable beating.As the leader of global opposition to the Iraq war, it became the late-night comedian's punching bag.Comment