The Angolagate trial

The saga comes to a head in a delicate moment for Franco-Angolan relations

The Angolagate arms saga comes to a head on 6 October, when 42 prominent French officials and businessmen face trial in Paris in a delicate moment for Franco-Angolan relations. The 468-page indictment, seen by Africa Confidential, describes how hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks from illegal arms sales were channelled into accounts belonging to the French and Angolan nomenklatura (AC Vol 49 No 8).

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Pierre-Joseph Falcone, Arkady Gaydamak, Philippe Courroye, Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, François Mitterrand, Charles Pasqua, Jean-Charles Marchiani, Jacques Attali, Israel, Benyamin Netanyhu, Elísio de Figueiredo, Pedro Tonha, Manuel Hélder Vieira Dias, Kopelipa, Salviano Sequeira, Antonio Neto, José Eduardo dos Santos, Jonas Savimbi, Jean-Bernard Curial, Bruno Delhaye, François Léotard, Slovakia, Russian, Bulgaria, Jean-Didier Maille, Alain Bernard, Britain, Alain Guilloux, Cameroon, Nigeria, Edouard Akame Mfoumou, Africa Confidential, Banco Nacional de Angola, União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola, Parti Socialiste, Spetsvneshtekhnika, Sofremi, France Afrique Orient

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