Ex-chief of France's secret service at court for extorsion trial

Quelle: AFP (Glomex)

The former director general of French intelligence services, Bernard Bajolet, arrives at the Bobigny court on the first day of his trial. The head of the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) between April 2013 and May 2017, he is accused of being complicit in an attempted extortion against Alain Duménil, a businessman who has been in dispute with the DGSE for years, and who was also present at the opening of the hearing. IMAGES