{"id":36242,"date":"2026-09-04T19:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/36242\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T19:58:22","slug":"news-belgium-seizes-e65-million-in-french-mckinsey-tax-fraud-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/36242\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Belgium seizes \u20ac65 million in French McKinsey tax-fraud investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Reuters<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Belgian authorities have seized \u20ac65 million ($76 million) in a French investigation into suspected aggravated tax fraud and money laundering involving the U.S.-based consulting firm McKinsey, French and Belgian prosecutors said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>McKinsey did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The National Financial Prosecutor\u2019s Office (PNF) opened the investigation in March 2022 following a French Senate inquiry into the growing influence of private consulting firms on public policy.<\/p>\n<p>McKinsey offices were searched in May 2022, while witnesses and suspects were questioned in 2025 and 2026, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The PNF also sought assistance from Brussels\u2019 Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Belgian authorities seized \u20ac65.2 million, corresponding to 96% of the tax loss estimated by French prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary investigation continues, the prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788551902_955_phone-tablet-desktop.png\" alt=\"AML Intelligence\"\/>We hope you enjoyed reading this article<\/p>\n<p class=\"amlpmp-content-message__description\">If you would like unlimited access to AML Intelligence premium articles, newsletter delivered twice a week, access to our Global Bank Fines and Penalties database, free access to Boardroom Series events and much more, select one of our subscription options and become a subscriber!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"amlpmp-content-message__button amlpmp-content-message__button--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amlintelligence.com\/membership-account\/membership-levels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View subscription options<\/a><a class=\"amlpmp-content-message__button amlpmp-content-message__button--transparent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amlintelligence.com\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">If you have an account, log in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Reuters Belgian authorities have seized \u20ac65 million ($76 million) in a French investigation into suspected aggravated tax&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,115,11945,10857],"class_list":["post-36242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-france","tag-money-laundering","tag-tax-fraud"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/117214544134135146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}