{"id":422503,"date":"2025-09-14T01:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/422503\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T01:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T01:33:15","slug":"paris-prosecutors-see-foreign-hand-behind-pig-heads-stunt-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/422503\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris prosecutors see foreign hand behind pig heads stunt \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign interference is \u201csomething we must take into account, and that we do take into account, since in making an assessment of this type of acts that have taken place in the Paris area since October 2023, we have nine cases,\u201d Paris prosecutor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/police-justice\/video-neuf-dossier-en-region-parisienne-d-ingerence-etrangere-depuis-octobre-2023-detaille-la-procureure-de-paris-laure-beccuau_VN-202509120335.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laure Beccuau told BFMTV<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt started with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/france-paris-antisemitic-graffiti-revive-french-jews-fears-after-hamas-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blue Stars of David<\/a>,\u201d Beccuau said, referring to an incident that saw the symbols daubed on building walls in the French capitals\u2019s 14th district in October 2023 \u2014 and was later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/stars-of-david-painted-in-paris-part-of-russian-interference-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">linked to pro-Russian interference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen came the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/france\/article\/2024\/05\/22\/red-hands-at-paris-shoah-memorial-investigation-points-to-foreign-interference_6672318_7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u2018red hands,\u2019<\/a> then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20250531-paris-france-anti-semitic-attack-vandalism-holocaust-memorial-synagogues-paint-jews-jewish-israel-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">splashes of green paint<\/a>,\u201d she said about attacks that targeted the Paris Holocaust memorial in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/police-justice\/quatre-affiches-pro-russes-collees-sur-l-arc-de-triomphe-une-ingerence-etrangere-suspectee_AN-202509040698.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-Russian posters <\/a>were discovered on several pillars of the Arc de Triomphe, showing the image of a soldier with the caption, \u201cSay thank you to the victorious Soviet soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beccuau said investigators have identified similar patterns in the modus operandi of individuals of Eastern European origin arriving for a short period of time in France to carry out these acts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes they take photos of what they have done, and send the photos beyond the borders to sponsors,\u201d she said. \u201cSome of the sponsors have been identified \u2026 so we are fully able to be convinced that these acts are operations of interference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, French authorities have accused Moscow of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/pixels\/article\/2024\/02\/13\/france-says-russian-disinformation-attacks-to-intensify-ahead-of-eu-election_6521945_13.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spreading disinformation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/fr\/dossiers-pays\/russie\/evenements\/evenements-de-l-annee-2023\/article\/russie-nouvelle-ingerence-numerique-russe-contre-la-france-09-11-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">orchestrating symbolic provocations<\/a> designed to sow mistrust in institutions and deepen religious or political tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Clea Caulcutt contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Foreign interference is \u201csomething we must take into account, and that we do take into account, since 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