Canton of Ticino
Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts and its capital city is Bellinzo ...
,« Régis Debray et Marc Bonnant », ''
Le Temps
' (, ) is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. The paper was launched in 1998, formed out of the merger of two other newspapers, and (the former being a merger of two other papers), ...
'', Thursday 16 September 2010. Switzerland) is a
Swiss
Swiss most commonly refers to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Swiss may also refer to: Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
* Swiss Café, an old café located ...
lawyer
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The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as w ...
, famous for his oratorical art (in French).
He is the son of a
diplomat
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Prix du rayonnement français
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(in 2007).
In the 1980s, Marc Bonnant defended
Licio Gelli
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. In 1987, Bonnant brought Gelli (who was under international arrest warrant) back to Geneva in his private car to surrender to justice.
According to the
Panama Papers
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, Marc Bonnant is or was director of at least 176 off-shore
shell corporation
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Le Temps
' (, ) is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. The paper was launched in 1998, formed out of the merger of two other newspapers, and (the former being a merger of two other papers), ...