"The sentence was below what was asked by the prosecutor, that is reassuring," said his lawyer, Pierre Dunac, adding he was likely to appeal.
In other words, if countries had subsequently interpreted "judicial authority" in the framework direction to include a prosecutor, that must have been what the treaty meant.
The charges of fraud and money laundering are contained in a report by Sao Paulo's public prosecutor that was formally submitted to a Brazilian judge on Monday.
"With all the formalities, I handed over important documents to the prosecutor that involve political personalities in organized crime," he said.
* The office of the special prosecutor that was created as a result of the Knapp Commission hearings was disbanded in the 80's as no longer necessary.
Despite an increase of publicity-friendly dawn raids on suspected wrongdoers and some saber-rattling speeches, the fraud office had built an image of a prosecutor that barked but would not bite.
Reuters reported that the companies do not generally hold any assets in Argentina or use Argentine waters, but noted a statement from the public prosecutor that said investigators had identified assets, included an office registered to Nobel.
BEHIND THE NEWS Mike Allen was running unopposed for another term as Hamilton County's prosecutor when he acknowledged a long affair with an assistant prosecutor that included sex in his private office.
It is unclear what moved the German authorities to arrest Mr. Motassadeq now, because little was contained about his contacts and activities in the statement released by the prosecutor that was not known as early as September.
It was during her time as a prosecutor that Lynch built a reputation for no-nonsense efficiency that is a palpable part of her appeal for a Democratic White House facing two years of life with a Republican congressional majority.
"A prosecutor that was going to give evidence against the government died out of the blue.
