Overview
- The National Financial Prosecutor’s Office conducted searches on Feb. 16 at multiple locations, including Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe, according to chief prosecutor Pascal Prache.
- The operation forms part of an investigation opened on Feb. 6 into suspected money laundering in a particularly serious case of tax fraud involving Jack Lang and his daughter, Caroline.
- Lang recently left his post leading the Institut du Monde Arabe, with AFP reporting the search occurred during his farewell event at the institute.
- U.S. Justice Department files released in January cite Lang’s name in 673 items of correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein, though such mentions do not constitute allegations.
- Prosecutors are examining reported financial links, including a media claim that Caroline Lang held half the shares in an Epstein-founded offshore company, while Jack Lang says he has nothing to hide and no charges have been announced.