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| By: israelinsider staff |
| Published: March 29, 2007 |
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Russian Israeli business tycoon Arcadi Gaydamak is being indicted by the French court for allegedly selling arms illegally to the African country of Angola, along with other charges of corruption, reported Ynetnews.
The French court charge that Gaydamak and French businessman Pierre Falcone sold almost $791 million worth of weapons to President of Angola Jose Eduardo dos Santos to be used in the country's civil war between 1993 and 2000 without permission from the French government.
"In order for the arms sales to be considered illegal," said Gaydamak's attorney, William Goldnadel to Yedioth Ahronoth Wednesday, "the weapons should have been transferred through France. This did not happen in this case.
"The (arms sale) contract has enabled putting an end to one of the bloodiest civil wars in Africa's history. The legitimate government emerged triumphant, while those who lost were recognized as terrorists by the UN," Goldnadel concluded.
The weapons sales included tanks, helicopters, lands mind, warships and ammunitions.
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