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French prosecutors to probe ex-minister Jack Lang over Epstein revelations
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President of the Arab World Institute (IMA) Jack Lang arrives to attend a New Year wishes ceremony at the Elysee palace in Paris, France, on January 4, 2018. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP)
PARIS, France — France’s financial crimes prosecutors tell AFP Friday they had opened a preliminary investigation of influential former minister Jack Lang and his daughter Caroline after revelations in the Epstein files.
The pair will be investigated for “laundering of aggravated tax-fraud proceeds” over their suspected financial ties with late US financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the office says, confirming a report in newspaper Le Figaro.
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