Farid Bedjaoui Accepts To Appear Before Milan Court

Farid Bedjaoui’s defence lawyer contacted the mediator of negotiations in the case of Saipem Sonatrach, the body of Milan court to accept the appearance of their client in the court in order to be heard, in the same scandal, in which he is accused of receiving bribes through his company “Pearl Partners” in Hong Kong.

Echorouk sources, which attended the trial of Saipem Sonatrach, on Monday, in the Court of Milan, said that lawyers of Farid Bedjaoui, who are Marco De Luca and Guido Aliva, presented a list of persons to the court, who are ready to testify on the issue.

“Bedjaoui’s name was on the list. Both attorneys presented a document that proves that their client is ready to appear before the court in order to be heard as an accused, and said that their client is ready to appear and be heard before the court.”

According to the same sources, what was announced by the defence of Farid Bedjaoui, about his desire to appear before the court is somehow acceptable to him to surrender voluntarily to the Italian authorities, which issued an international arrest warrant against, adding that the future sessions will notice developments on this issue, according to the accused defence.

Milan Court listened, on Monday, to two witnesses in the case, in light of the continued absence of all the accused, either from the Italian or the Algerian parties, as the first witness is an officer in the Italian financial police “Guardia Di Finanza”, as he reviewed the investigation’s course into the paths of money transfer that accompanied the scandal, mechanisms that were relied upon to complete the payment, which was directed to Pearl Partners in Hong Kong, that is owned by Farid Bedjaoui, and which was run by his trusted man, who is also the other defendant in the case, whose name is Samir Ouriad.

According to the witness, who represents the Italian Finance Police, the investigations concluded that the Pearl Partners Foundation, which is owned by Bedjaoui and run by Samir Ouriad, suddenly came out into the open and did not have any history or previous experience in this type of operations, especially that the size and experience is small compared to what it has done of operations that were carried out by the financial transfer to global cities.