Overview
- AFP and Bloomberg, citing judicial and informed sources, report that French authorities removed restrictions that barred Pavel Durov from leaving France and required regular police check-ins.
- A Bloomberg source said the decision was taken on November 10, and a judicial source told AFP that Durov fully complied with prior court-ordered controls.
- The criminal probe continues into ten suspected offenses linked to organized-crime-related wrongdoing, which could carry sentences of up to ten years if proven.
- Durov was detained at a Paris airport on August 24, 2024, and released days later on €5 million bail under judicial supervision.
- Before the full removal, measures were gradually eased, including a March exception for a Dubai trip, denials of U.S. and Norway travel in May, and from July permission for two-week Dubai visits with prior notice.