US EditionFrench prosecutors announce special team for Epstein files
The Paris prosecutor’s office formed a special magistrate team to investigate Epstein files linking French nationals, including three new cases, following US document releases.
- On February 14, the Paris prosecutor's office created a special team of magistrates to analyse evidence involving French nationals and work with prosecutors from the national financial crimes unit and French police.
- After US authorities published Epstein files, Paris officials began re-examining Jean‑Luc Brunel's file linked to Epstein associates involving French nationals.
- Prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into complaints against Daniel Siad, Frederic Chaslin, and a tax investigation involving Jack Lang and Caroline Lang, while examining Fabrice Aidan’s reported mention.
- After Brunel's death, prosecutors dropped the case in 2023 and ten women accused him of abuse across multiple locations, including the United States and Paris.
- While several French figures appear in the files, officials caution that being named does not mean any offence has been committed, and the Paris prosecutor's office is examining three new case categories: diplomat, modelling agent, musician.
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The French prosecutor's office has formed a special unit to investigate possible links between the country's citizens and the U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The team is supposed to evaluate the Epstein documents and expose possible crimes committed by French people, the prosecutor's office said on Saturday. It could be potential "criminals of various kinds, including such sexual or financial nature".At the same time, the prosecutor's office …
The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office will analyze the millions of documents related to the American sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein for analysis of possible French-related offences.
The prosecution said it was working on an analysis of documents recently released in the United States.
The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office announced this Saturday that it had appointed reference magistrates to analyse the elements that could involve French nationals in the Epstein case. In a statement sent to TF1-LCI, the Public Prosecutor's Office explained that it was working on the exploitation of the Epstein files, the documents that had recently been circulated in the United States, "in coordination with the National Financial Prosecutor's …
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