THE ELF SCANDAL CONTINUES TO UNFOLD — and we’re not talking Legolas here:

Mr Sirven said some of the 1bn French francs (152m euros) of Elf money that went through his personal Swiss accounts to finance what he described as political “missions” – although he refused to disclose who the ultimate recipients of the money were.

“I will not give any names, but it is certain that a large part of the money went in that direction,” he told the court. . . .

An Elf employee, nicknamed Oscar, would bring the cash in plastic bags to the Elf tower building in north-west Paris or other Elf offices in the capital.

“Oscar” had a specific way of identifying himself by showing a stamp or metro ticket. The cash would then be handed over to beneficiaries, prosecutors say.

Interesting.