FRANCE CORRUPTION

Former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua looks through a window before the verdict of his trial in Paris, Friday, April 30, 2010. The senator who was France's top cop and a powerful advisor in French politics has been convicted by a special court of corruption involving lucrative police equipment contracts. Pasqua was given a suspended sentence and no fines for that case. The 83-year-old Pasqua was acquitted in two other corruption cases, including one involving a coveted casino license. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)