Overview

• The Inspection générale de la police nationale opened an administrative investigation into €180,300 in donations from Kylian Mbappé to five CRS officers after Tracfin flagged the transfers.
• Tracfin documents show four brigadiers-chefs each received €30,000 and their commander, Commandant S., was given €60,300.
• Investigators are examining whether the larger payment to the commander amounted to remuneration for protection duties during trips to Cameroon and the Vaucluse.
• Mbappé’s representatives maintain the sums were lawful gifts drawn from his World Cup participation bonus and provided without any obligation in return.
• The case highlights growing scrutiny under French law of high-value gifts to public servants, which must be transparent and free of reciprocity.