After his service with the Foreign Legion, Le Monde said, Gotovina lived for some time in the towns of Nice and Aix-en-Provence in southern France and travelled extensively to locations in South America and elsewhere.
Nakon službe u Legiji stranaca, ukazuje Mond, Gotovina je određeno vreme živeo u Nici i Eks an Provansu na jugu Francuske i često putovao na lokacije u Južnoj Americi i u druge oblasti.