Overview
- Carlos Martens Bilongo alleges a “false” Tracfin alert targeted him after he criticized the UAE’s hosting of COP28, calling the episode a state scandal and foreign interference.
- L'Informé reports the Tracfin note was riddled with errors, citing a confusion between income and corporate taxes and a flagged Revolut account in Lithuania holding 106 euros.
- Public Accounts Minister Amélie de Montchalin says Tracfin cannot self-initiate, asserts a formal suspicion report was filed, and denies any action at the request of a foreign authority.
- The 2023 probe opened after a Tracfin referral was closed by the Nanterre prosecutor in January 2025 for absence of an offense, following an initial opening by Pontoise in May 2023.
- The outlet also notes the former Tracfin chief reportedly traveled to Dubai shortly after MPs visited and was replaced in February 2024, as LFI leaders press the Assembly for a formal response.