Convicted Nazi-era war criminal Maurice Papon could be forced to hand over his pension under a new law, Justice Minister Dominique Perben said. Speaking last Friday, Perben was reacting to a decision by a Paris court earlier the same day that reinstated Papon’s pension as a former government minister.
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