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advance. As expected, the share price soared when the raid began. Soros dumped his shares, pocketing about $2.2 million in profit. Pébereau made money too, winding up with a 10-percent share of Société Générale. The socialist takeover faltered, however. Mitterand’s operatives failed to gain a controlling share of the bank.

French investigators began scrutinizing L’Affaire Société Générale in May 1990, but their probe stalled while Swiss authorities refused for six years to release critical evidence.

Several leading suspects died in the meantime. British media mogul Robert Maxwell was found floating dead in the Atlantic Ocean on November 6, 1991, after embarking on his yacht. Pierre Bérégovoy shot himself in the head -- twice -- on May 1, 1993. Lebanese banker Edmond Safra perished in a suspicious blaze set by unknown arsonists in his Monaco penthouse on December 3, 1999. Mitterand died of cancer on January 8, 1996.

In the end, only Soros was convicted. A Paris court found him guilty of insider trading on January 29, 2002. The Paris Court of Appeal ruled against him on March 24, 2005. The Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, found him guilty once more on June 14, 2006.

Under French law, Soros could have been jailed for two years, but the French let him off with a $2.9 million fine....

While awaiting his next trial, Soros has busied himself buying influence among European elites.

At a speech in Brussels on November 20, 2006, Soros denounced America for lawless warmongering and praised Europe as “a model and motive force for a global open society”. He offered to finance Europe’s renaissance through his foundations, stating, “I am ready to support an Open Society Initiative for Europe”.

Next Soros launched the co-called European Council on Foreign Relations. Fifty dignitaries, including former presidents and prime ministers, have enrolled as members. The opening event will take place this Friday, November 9, at the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin.------ Soros Fights Felony Conviction Poe.com ^ | November 5, 2007 | Richard Lawrence Poe Posted on 11/5/2007, 6:56:07 PM by Richard Poe