Emmanuel Parisse
Directeur du bureau #AFP du Caire. Ex Washington, Kaboul, Metz, Rennes, Paris.
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/ 23 March 2007

Total boss under formal investigation

A French judge has placed the chief executive of the Total oil group under formal investigation on suspicion of paying bribes to secure a major gas-field deal in Iran. Christophe de Margerie, who is already under investigation over the Iraq "oil-for-food" bribes scandal, was officially warned of the new accusations on Thursday night after he had spent more than a day in detention.