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Searches Under Way in Probe Involving French Culture Minister Dati
Rachida Dati is under investigation for accepting nearly €300,000 in undeclared payments linked to energy firm GDF Suez, amid probes into corruption and embezzlement.
- On Dec 18, police searched Rachida Dati, French Culture Minister's home, the Ministry of Culture, and Paris's seventh‑district town hall after an investigation opened on Oct 14, prosecutors said.
- Reporting indicates Rachida Dati accepted 299,000 in two payments routed through STC Partners from GDF Suez while in the European Parliament.
- Libération's review of her 2024 asset declaration shows Dati listed about €5.6 million in real estate, savings and life insurance, with prosecutors probing allegations of undeclared luxury jewellery.
- Dati denies wrongdoing and her lawyer Olivier Pardo declined to comment on Thursday's raids while she campaigns to be Paris mayor next year as head of Paris's seventh district.
- She faces prior charges including a passive corruption charge tied to Carlos Ghosn, with June renewals by Complement d'Enquete and Nouvel Observateur reviving the €299,000 lawyer's fees claim.
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French prosecutors announced that police searched the home and offices of Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Thursday as part of a corruption investigation.
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The verifications took place both at their homes, as well as at the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture and the First District of Paris, the administrative sector itself led by the Data.What did the representatives of the National Financial Park announce?The information was confirmed by the National Financial Park (PNF), which coordinates the investigation, and was reported by the AFP agency. According to the investigators, the file refers t…
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