France seeks extradition of Gaydamak from Switzerland
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Swiss officials say France is seeking the extradition of a wealthy Israeli businessman who was arrested in Switzerland last week. Arkady Gaydamak was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison by a French court in 2009, for masterminding the trafficking of Soviet-made weapons to Angola during a civil war in the 1990s.
Geneva prosecutors say Gaydamak, who also has French citizenship, was arrested November 19 in Zurich on an unrelated matter. (AP)
