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A French-Israeli businessman appealing against his conviction in one of the mining sector's biggest-ever corruption cases insisted Tuesday on his innocence and hoped the Swiss court would give him justice.

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In closing statement at appeal hearing, defense lawyers for Beny Steinmetz claim accusations against their client in Guinea bribery case are 'very weak'

Appealing conviction in massive bribery case, Beny Steinmetz says his company had become victim to a local power struggle in Guinea

Beny Steinmetz was found guilty of bribing public officials in Guinea to secure the concession for the vast mountain of ore worth billions of dollars.

With Moussa Magassoubas departure from the department now a certainty, the head of state and the prime minister are working to find a replacement. But they intend to continue to oversee the massive

I never corrupted anyone, diamond magnate tells Swiss court

A French-Israeli businessman and diamond magnate insisted Wednesday he had never bribed anyone, as he sought to overturn his conviction in a vast corruption

The Israeli billionaire is appealing last year's conviction for bribery and fraud in the granting of rights to BSGR for an iron ore mine in Guinea.

GENEVA (AP) — Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz returns to a Geneva courthouse on Monday to appeal his conviction on charges of corrupting foreign public officials and forging documents, a case linked to his firm's bid to reap lavish iron ore resources in the west African country of Guinea.