Judge raids GEC Alsthom in Paris

Wednesday 15 March 1995 00:02 GMT

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A judge yesterday raided the Paris headquarters of GEC Alsthom, the joint electrical enginering venture run by Alcatel Alsthom, and Britain's GEC. Dominque de Causans, a spokesman for GEC Alsthom, would add nothing to his confirmation of the morning raid. It is not known whether files were removed by Judge Renaud van Ruymbeke, or which managers were interviewed.

On Friday a judge banned Pierre Suard, chairman and chief executive of Alcatel Alsthom, from running any company, and barred him from meeting anyone involved in the alleged overcharging of state-owned France Telecom.

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