| Jean-Paul Pigasse | |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Toulouse, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Education: | Institut d'études politiques de Toulouse |
| Occupation: | Journalist, media proprietor |
| Relatives: | Mathieu Pigasse (nephew) |
Jean-Paul Pigasse (born 1939) is a Brazzaville-based French journalist and media proprietor.
Jean-Paul Pigasse was born on 26 July 1939 in Toulouse, France.
Pigasse wrote under the pseudonym of 'Favilla' for Les Echos from 1978 to 1984.[1] 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.[2] [3] He is friends with Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso.[2] [3]
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.[2] Out of this sum, 1.2 million Francs were transferred to French businessman André Tarallo as a payback for a prior loan.[2]
His wife is a cousin of French businessman Alfred Sirven.[2] He lives in Brazzaville, Congo.[3]