{
  "id": 13775854,
  "title": "France investigates Thales contracts in Azerbaijan denounced by jailed former employee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/france-investigates-thales-contracts-in-azerbaijan-denounced-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T18:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2026/10/11/france-investigates-thales-contracts-in-azerbaijan-denounced-by-jailed-former-employee_6758489_8.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "'A forgotten Frenchman in Baku' (2/2). Mehmet Sahan, a French-Turkish dual national detained in Azerbaijan since early 2022 after a complaint by Thales, has alleged corruption. French prosecutors, who searched the premises of the defense giant in 2024, are investigating the contracts in question.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}