Overview
- Engie’s Paris headquarters were searched Thursday by anti-corruption police, and France’s financial prosecutor confirmed the operation.
- Investigators sought bank and contract records on transfers to a law firm close to Rachida Dati, in what media reports link to €299,000 in fees from 2010 to 2011.
- A judicial investigation opened October 14 allows investigating judges to order searches and obtain banking records as they probe suspected corruption tied to her MEP term.
- The probe began after a Tracfin alert from France’s anti–money laundering unit and is testing possible conflicts of interest involving Azerbaijan and Qatar, with police reviewing data seized in December 2025.
- Dati denies the allegations, and she faces a separate trial in September 2026 over alleged lobbying for Renault and former CEO Carlos Ghosn.