Jean-Paul Pigasse

Jean-Paul Pigasse (born 1939) is a Brazzaville-based French journalist and media proprietor.

Early life
Jean-Paul Pigasse was born on 26 July 1939 in Toulouse, France.

Career
Pigasse wrote under the pseudonym of 'Favilla' for Les Echos from 1978 to 1984. He is the author of five non-fiction books.

He is the owner of ADIAC, a communications firm which publishes the daily newspaper Les Dépêches de Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. He is friends with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

In 2002, Tracfin realised that in 1999–2000, he had received 2.2 million Francs (around 340,000 Euros) from an offshore company called Socoil. Out of this sum, 1.2 million Francs were transferred to French businessman André Tarallo as a payback for a prior loan.

Personal life
His wife is a cousin of French businessman Alfred Sirven. He lives in Brazzaville, Congo.