Jean-Paul Pigasse

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Jean-Paul Pigasse
Born (1939-07-26) 26 July 1939 (age 85)
NationalityFrench
Education Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse
Occupation(s)Journalist, media proprietor
Relatives Mathieu Pigasse (nephew)

Jean-Paul Pigasse (born 1939) is a Brazzaville-based French journalist and media proprietor.

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Early life

Jean-Paul Pigasse was born on 26 July 1939 in Toulouse, France.

Career

Pigasse wrote under the pseudonym of 'Favilla' for Les Echos from 1978 to 1984. [1] He is the author of five non-fiction books.

He is the owner of ADIAC, a communications firm which publishes the daily newspaper Les Dépêches de Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. [2] [3] He is friends with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso. [2] [3]

In 2002, Tracfin realised that in 1999–2000, he had received 2.2 million Francs (around 340,000 Euros) from an offshore company called Socoil. [2] Out of this sum, 1.2 million Francs were transferred to French businessman André Tarallo as a payback for a prior loan. [2]

Personal life

His wife is a cousin of French businessman Alfred Sirven. [2] He lives in Brazzaville, Congo. [3]

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