THE ARRESTS: Police in pre-dawn sweeps Thursday arrested two top former executives of the now-defunct French company at the center of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide.
THE ARRESTEES: Jean-Claude Mas, founder of implant-maker Poly Implant Prothese, was detained as part of a judicial probe in Marseille into manslaughter and involuntary injuries, an official said. A regional official said former No. 2 executive Claude Couty also was detained.
THE IMPLANTS: The suspect implants have been pulled from the market in several countries amid fears that they could rupture and leak silicone into the body.
Shares