gcn -- dcn wanted to secure a submarine deal with pakistan.edp matters, the dcn lobbyist groups to handle kickbacks. that was legal, but here is the rub. those payments are estimated to have been worth almost 2 million eueuros and allegedly came backo france in so-called retro commissions. cache the paris criminal court find as was used to failed presidential bid. that wld be e illegal. -- who put a stop to alll secret arms deal payments. questions about those alleged retro commissions only resurfaced years later following a 2002 bombing in karachi that killed 11 engineerers. the trial that opens this monday focuses on the financial aspects to the so-called karachi affair. former, among them associates, stand accused of misuse of public funds. the former prime minister and his defense minister will stand trial at a later date. the court is set to try special -- sitting and former members of government. >> the moulin rouge has just celebrated its 130th birthday. that cabaret venue is synonymous with the excesses of the -- and france and still p