French-Israeli billionaire faces trial over Guinea mining contracts

We bring you the latest from Geneva, Switzerland, where the corruption trial of French-Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz has begun. Swiss prosecutors say Steinmetz illicitly paid about $10m, in part through Swiss bank accounts, to gain the rights to Guinea's iron ore deposits in the Simandou mountains. He has always denied that his company BSGR paid bribes to obtain mining exploration permits.

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(Photo: Beny Steinmetz outside Geneva's courthouse during his corruption trial; Credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)