France: Noriega

[Richard]

And another conspiracy theory comes to life... :rolleyes:

France: Noriega Request Rejected

A Paris appellate court on Friday rejected a request by the former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega to be freed from prison pending a late June trial, deeming him a flight risk. Mr. Noriega has been held here since his extradition last month from the United States. He is to be tried on charges that he laundered $3 million in Colombian drug money through international banks and into French accounts in 1988 and 1989; Mr. Noriega has said the money came from payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, which once considered him a valued asset; his brother’s inheritance; and his wife’s personal fortune. A French court convicted him in absentia on the same charges in 1999. A lawyer for Mr. Noriega said his client would appeal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/29/world/europe/29briefs-noriega.html?ref=europe

And so it goes...;)

Richard's $.02 :munchin

[Richard]

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy - and so it goes...

Richard :munchin

French Court Sentences Noriega To 7 Years

The former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega was convicted Wednesday of money laundering and sentenced by a French judge to seven years in prison.

Mr. Noriega, 76, was found guilty by the 11th chamber of the Tribunal Correctionnel de Paris, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office said. The tribunal ordered Mr. Noriega to forfeit about $2.9 million that had been frozen in his French bank accounts.

(cont'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/world/americas/08noriega.html?ref=world

[Penn]

Karzid better be reading his cocoa leaves