Elf Aquitaine corruption scandal

Target entity: Elf Aquitaine corruption scandal
Context triple: [Elf Aquitaine, notableEvent, Elf Aquitaine corruption scandal]

• A. Bettencourt affair
  The Bettencourt affair was a major French political and financial scandal involving L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegations of tax evasion, illegal political donations, and influence peddling at the highest levels of the French government.
• B. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• C. Straperlo scandal
  The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
• D. Credit Mobilier scandal
  The Credit Mobilier scandal was a major 1870s political corruption affair involving fraudulent railroad construction contracts and widespread bribery of U.S. congressmen and officials.
• E. Bofors scandal
  The Bofors scandal was a major Indian political corruption controversy in the 1980s involving alleged kickbacks in a Swedish howitzer gun deal, which severely damaged the credibility of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Elf Aquitaine corruption scandal
Target entity description: The Elf Aquitaine corruption scandal was a major French political and corporate affair in the 1990s involving widespread bribery, embezzlement, and misuse of funds within the state-owned oil company Elf Aquitaine and high-ranking officials.

• A. Bettencourt affair
  The Bettencourt affair was a major French political and financial scandal involving L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, allegations of tax evasion, illegal political donations, and influence peddling at the highest levels of the French government.
• B. Calas affair
  The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
• C. Straperlo scandal
  The Straperlo scandal was a major political corruption affair in 1930s Spain involving rigged gambling concessions that severely damaged the reputation of the Radical Republican Party and contributed to the destabilization of the Second Spanish Republic.
• D. Credit Mobilier scandal
  The Credit Mobilier scandal was a major 1870s political corruption affair involving fraudulent railroad construction contracts and widespread bribery of U.S. congressmen and officials.
• E. Bofors scandal
  The Bofors scandal was a major Indian political corruption controversy in the 1980s involving alleged kickbacks in a Swedish howitzer gun deal, which severely damaged the credibility of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government.
• F. None of above. chosen