The American Trap von Frédéric Pierucci

A story illustrating the secret economic war the United States wages against developing nations. Follows the case of US penalising of Filipino company Alstom. Interest in the film rights.

Former senior executive of Alstom in the Philippines, Frédéric Pierucci's life was turned upside-down on April 4th, 2013 when he was arrested by the FBI under the Foreign Corruption Practice Act that allows the arrest of anyone, anywhere for suspicion of corruption.Matthieu Aron is a journalist and former associate director of the Nouvel Observateur and former managing editor at France Inter. He has followed Frederic Pierucci's story since the beginning.