US EditionFrench police raid Arab World Institute in Epstein-linked probe into Jack Lang
French police raided multiple sites investigating Jack Lang’s alleged financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein and a tax fraud probe involving Lang and his daughter, officials said.
- French police conducted raids on Monday at the Arab World Institute in Paris and other sites in a probe tied to Jack Lang and Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors said.
- A preliminary tax-fraud investigation into Lang and his daughter began after U.S. Department of Justice documents were released, leading the Paris prosecutor's office to set up a special team of magistrates on Saturday.
- Jack Lang, former French culture minister, resigned earlier this month, and the Arab World Institute said it could not comment immediately after he acknowledged corresponding with Epstein from 2012 to 2019.
- Prosecutors will re-examine Jean-Luc Brunel's case and the new team will coordinate with the national financial crimes unit and police to open investigations into suspected crimes involving French nationals.
- With the DOJ files naming French figures, investigators have broadened scrutiny of prominent names, including senior diplomat Fabrice Aidan, and prosecutors were asked to examine three new specific cases.
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French police raid Arab World Institute in Epstein probe linked to Jack Lang
Searches targeted premises tied to former culture minister Jack Lang as investigators examine alleged financial links to Jeffrey Epstein and reopened scrutiny of associates including Jean-Luc Brunel
In the course of the investigation against France's cultural icon Jack Lang in the Epstein affair, the Finance Attorney's Office orders searches on suspicions of money laundering and tax fraud.
The National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) launched a series of searches this Monday, February 16, targeting notably the Arab World Institute in Paris. These operations are part of an investigation into the...
Searches are under way Monday morning, notably at the Institute of the Arab World (IMA) in Paris, as part of the investigation against its resigned president, former French minister Jack Lang for his alleged financial ties with Jeffrey Epstein, announced the National Financial Prosecutor's Office. ...
On 6 February, the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) opened an investigation into suspicions of "aggravated tax fraud" against the former minister and his daughter, Caroline Lang. The IMA search took place while his former president's departure pot stood there.
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