Oil Executive Sought by France Repatriated
From Times Wire Reports
An oil executive embroiled in a French corruption scandal was captured in the Philippines and sent back to the homeland that he fled four years ago.
Alfred Sirven, 74, was arrested in Tagaytay, south of Manila, after an 11-month chase.
Trial testimony has pointed to the former No. 2 executive of the French company Elf Aquitaine as being at the center of an alleged system of misappropriating about $400 million for use in kickbacks and slush funds.
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