Overview
- The investigation was opened on September 16 and entrusted to the Paris police financial and anti-corruption brigade (BFAC).
- Libération reported in April that 19 pieces worth about €420,000, said to be gifts from Henri Proglio between 2017 and 2023, were absent from her HATVP filings.
- French officials must declare valuables individually worth over €10,000 to the HATVP, with potential penalties of up to three years in prison and a €45,000 fine.
- Rachida Dati, a resigned culture minister and Paris mayoral candidate, denies any wrongdoing, has signaled a defamation suit, and her June 2024 declaration listed about €5.6 million with no jewelry.
- Separately, she has been referred to the Paris correctional court alongside Carlos Ghosn for corruption and influence-peddling, with a September 29 audience that could set trial dates.