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The arrest took place in a Paris suburb, but its ramifications may be felt most acutely thousands of miles to the south, in West Africa.
On Tuesday, Vincent Bollore, the French billionaire and head of the Bollore Group, was detained in Nanterre for questioning over the circumstances under which the holding company obtained major port deals in Guinea and Togo. He was placed under formal investigation the following day.