Former IMF boss charged in prostitution ring

Al Jazeera Monday 26th March, 2012

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former director of the International Monetary Fund, has been charged with involvement in an organised vice ring that procured prostitutes for top-class clients, lawyers said. Prosecutors said that the 62-year-old former Socialist finance minister and one-time presidential favourite had been released on $135,000 (100,000...

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