Overview
- Financial police from OCLCIFF carried out searches on December 18 at Rachida Dati’s Paris residences, the 7th arrondissement town hall and the Ministry of Culture.
- The Parquet national financier confirmed a judicial investigation opened on October 14 for suspected corruption, influence peddling, embezzlement, and related laundering offenses.
- The case stems from a preliminary inquiry launched April 16 after a Tracfin alert, with two investigating judges now overseeing the probe.
- Documents cited by Complément d’enquête and Le Nouvel Obs indicate two GDF Suez transfers in 2010 and 2011 via STC Partners totaling about €299,000, allegedly not disclosed to the European Parliament.
- Dati denies wrongdoing and calls the allegations defamatory, while a government spokesperson said she remains in office; she also faces a separate trial linked to Carlos Ghosn scheduled for September 2026 and another inquiry over undeclared luxury jewelry.