The logo of French oil company Total is pictured during the company's 2012 annual result presentation in Paris February 13, 2013. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
PARIS (Reuters) - French oil giant Total and its chief executive were acquitted on Monday in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal under Saddam Hussein's rule in Iraq.
The Paris criminal court also cleared 17 other defendants and Swiss oil trader Vitol in the far-reaching corruption probe.
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