Overview

• The DGSI has identified S.S., a former Algerian embassy official, as a key figure in the 2024 abduction of dissident influencer Amir Boukhors near Paris.
• S.S. allegedly operated under diplomatic cover and remains at large, with potential claims of diplomatic immunity complicating efforts to prosecute him.
• Three individuals, including an Algerian consular agent, were indicted in mid-April for their roles in the kidnapping, which involved links to a terrorist enterprise.
• Amir Boukhors, a TikTok influencer and outspoken critic of the Algerian regime, was granted political asylum in France in 2023 after courts denied Algeria's extradition requests.
• The revelations have deepened a Franco-Algerian diplomatic crisis, with reciprocal expulsions and calls for higher-level arrest warrants against implicated Algerian agents.