Journalists charged in Cofidis affair

By Hedwig Kröner

Five French journalists have been charged for breach of secrecy in the judiciary investigation of the Cofidis affair. After the offices of the French magazine Le Point and newspaper L'Equipe were searched by Nanterre court investigators in January this year, three of the former and two of the latter journalists have now been officially accused, as they did not provide the sources of the details of the criminal investigation which they published.

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