These soldiers are suspected, to varying degrees, of having favored a company in the 2010s in the award of several logistics contracts, particularly for external operations of the French army.
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Several senior officers of the French army will be tried in September 2024 in Paris, according to a judicial source contacted by franceinfo, confirming information from AFP. They are suspected of corruption and favoritism. One of the French army’s main subcontractors in the logistics of external operations is also in question.
The defendants, including the former chief of staff of the Operations and Transportation Support Center (CSOA), are suspected to varying degrees of having favored the company International Chartering Systems (ICS) in the 2010s in the award of support contracts for the external operations of the French army (Opex).
The national financial prosecutor’s office was investigating suspicions of favoritism and influence peddling within the French army. And according to revelations in 2018 from the Radio France investigation unit, the investigation revealed sustained exchanges between several high-ranking officers and ICS managers at key moments in the awarding of contracts. subcontracting of military air transport.
“It is not up to us to comment on an ongoing procedure”responds the Ministry of the Armed Forces, contacted by AFP.
