{"id":37992,"date":"2026-03-24T18:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/37992\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:21:09","slug":"french-authorities-search-paris-arm-of-swiss-bank-in-epstein-linked-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/37992\/","title":{"rendered":"French authorities search Paris arm of Swiss bank in Epstein-linked probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">French financial prosecutors said on Tuesday that searches were carried out at several locations, including the Paris arm of Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild, as part of an investigation tied to revelations from the files on Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">France\u2019s national financial prosecutor\u2019s office said searches were carried out last Friday as part of a preliminary investigation opened last month. Investigators are examining suspicions of bribery involving a foreign public official and complicity which concerns former French diplomat Fabrice Aidan.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The investigation was opened after a referral from France\u2019s Foreign Ministry and follows revelations published in the Epstein files and subsequent reporting in France.<\/p>\n<p>The case is being handled by <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/france?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">France\u2019s<\/a> central office for combating corruption and tax and financial offences.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Aidan emerged as a focus of the French fallout from the release of millions of US Justice Department documents on January 30.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1o401188 css-16lwkd e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774376469_548_maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewDuration\" class=\"css-1vqvq42 e1o401181\">00:49<\/p>\n<p data-qa=\"SCMPYoutubeVideoPreview-PreviewTitle\" class=\"css-zasw6y e1o401182\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office<\/p>\n<p>French investigative outlet Mediapart reported that the files suggested Aidan provided confidential UN material to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/jeffrey-epstein?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Epstein<\/a>. Aidan has denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"French financial prosecutors said on Tuesday that searches were carried out at several locations, including the Paris arm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[22250,22243,11373,22249,1001,22247,22248,22246,22244,1092,2521,2543,41,17,1700,74,22245],"class_list":{"0":"post-37992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-arab-world-institute","9":"tag-edmond-de-rothschild","10":"tag-epstein","11":"tag-fabrice-aidan","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-french-financial-prosecutors","14":"tag-french-foreign-ministry","15":"tag-french-investigative-outlet-mediapart","16":"tag-jack-lang","17":"tag-jeffrey-epstein","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-paris","20":"tag-swiss","21":"tag-switzerland","22":"tag-un","23":"tag-united-states","24":"tag-us-justice-department"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116285543757788683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}