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Employees Abducted in Niger in 2010: the Lawyer of a Former Hostage Is "Satisfied" with Areva Being Sent to Trial in France

On June 10, 2026, the French justice system confirmed that a criminal trial will be held for the French nuclear giant Areva, suspected of having underestimated the al-Qaeda threat, thus enabling the 2010 kidnapping of five French nationals, a Malagasy national, and a Togolese national near the Arlit uranium mine in Niger. Olivier Morice, the lawyer for former hostage Pierre Legrand, stated that he was "satisfied" but "regretted that the prosecut…

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On June 10, 2026, the French justice system confirmed that a criminal trial will be held for the French nuclear giant Areva, suspected of having underestimated the al-Qaeda threat, thus enabling the 2010 kidnapping of five French nationals, a Malagasy national, and a Togolese national near the Arlit uranium mine in Niger. Olivier Morice, the lawyer for former hostage Pierre Legrand, stated that he was "satisfied" but "regretted that the prosecut…

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Radio France Internationale broke the news in Paris, France on Friday, June 12, 2026.
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