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NDTV
22-05-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
France Denies Telegram Founder Pavel Durov's Request To Visit US
Paris: France has denied a request by Telegram founder Pavel Durov to travel to the United States for talks with investment funds, prosecutors said Thursday. Durov, 40, was sensationally detained in Paris in 2024 and is under formal investigation by French authorities over illegal content on his popular messaging service. In March, Durov was allowed to leave France and travel to Dubai, where his company is based. Durov had "requested authorisation to travel to the United States to negotiate with investment funds for his company Telegram", said the Paris public prosecutor's office and the office for the fight against organised crime (JUNALCO). Prosecutors said the decision was made on May 12. "Such a trip abroad did not appear to be urgent or justified," the prosecutor's office added. A source close to the case told AFP that Durov had requested permission to travel to the United States to meet with senior tech figures. Since his arrest, Durov has announced steps appearing to bow to Paris's demands for stronger efforts to ensure illegal content is not on his service But he has also accused the chief of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service of requesting to ban pro-conservative Romanian accounts from the platform ahead of last weekend's elections. The DGSE has rejected the claims. Romanian nationalist candidate George Simion, who lost to Bucharest's centrist Mayor Nicusor Dan, appealed to his country's constitutional court to cancel the vote, alleging foreign interference, including by France. Durov reposted Simion's message on X, adding: "I'm ready to come and testify if it helps Romanian democracy." Durov's lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Local France
03-05-2025
- Local France
France charges 21 prison attack suspects
Investigators believe the attacks were carried out by drug traffickers, with at least one suspect thought to have ties to a notorious cartel. Attackers in April struck at several jails and other facilities across France, torching cars, spraying the entrance of one prison with automatic gunfire and leaving mysterious inscriptions. A total of 30 people, including four minors, were arrested this week in police raids across France. Seven of them were released without charge. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told reporters Saturday that 19 of the suspects were being held in pre-trial custody, while the two adolescents had been placed in a detention facility for minors. They are accused of instigating the operations, acting as go-betweens, recruiting accomplices or carrying out the attacks, she said. The suspects, aged between 15 and 37 and including two women, had targeted prison staff "with extreme, uninhibited and premeditated violence" in both their professional and private lives, she said. Some of the suspects were believed to belong to organised crime groups, while other were "completely unknown" to police, Beccuau said. The assaults have embarrassed the right-leaning government whose tough-talking ministers of justice, Gerald Darmanin, and interior, Bruno Retailleau, have vowed to intensify the fight against narcotics and drug-related crime. President Emmanuel Macron has promised the attackers would be "found, tried and punished." French anti-terror prosecutors were initially put in charge of the case due to the coordinated nature of the attacks but the office for the fight against organised crime, known by its acronym JUNALCO, has since taken over. More than 300 investigators have been involved in the case. Advertisement Several of the arrests took place inside prisons, with suspected leaders of the attacks believed to have directed them from inside. Attackers left the inscription "DDPF" -- standing for "Rights of French Prisoners" -- at nearly all the crime scenes. The modus operandi of the assaults bore the hallmarks of organised crime, with perpetrators recruited online and promised "significant remuneration" in exchange for carrying out attacks, according to investigators. On Tuesday, lawmakers approved a major new bill to combat drug-related crime, with some of France's most dangerous drug traffickers facing being locked up in high-security units in prison in the coming months.
eNCA
03-05-2025
- eNCA
France charges 21 prison attack suspects
PARIS - Prosecutors said Saturday that 21 suspects in a series of coordinated attacks on French prisons had been charged, including two teenagers. Investigators believe the attacks were carried out by drug traffickers, with at least one suspect thought to have ties to a notorious cartel. Attackers in April struck at several jails and other facilities across France, torching cars, spraying the entrance of one prison with automatic gunfire and leaving mysterious inscriptions. A total of 30 people, including four minors, were arrested this week in police raids across France. Seven of them were released without charge. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told reporters Saturday that 19 of the suspects were being held in pre-trial custody, while the two adolescents had been placed in a detention facility for minors. They are accused of instigating the operations, acting as go-betweens, recruiting accomplices or carrying out the attacks, she said. The suspects, aged between 15 and 37 and including two women, had targeted prison staff "with extreme, uninhibited and premeditated violence" in both their professional and private lives, she said. Some of the suspects were believed to belong to organised crime groups, while other were "completely unknown" to police, Beccuau said. The assaults have embarrassed the right-leaning government whose tough-talking ministers of justice, Gerald Darmanin, and interior, Bruno Retailleau, have vowed to intensify the fight against narcotics and drug-related crime. President Emmanuel Macron has promised the attackers would be "found, tried and punished." French anti-terror prosecutors were initially put in charge of the case due to the coordinated nature of the attacks but the office for the fight against organised crime, known by its acronym JUNALCO, has since taken over. More than 300 investigators have been involved in the case. Several of the arrests took place inside prisons, with suspected leaders of the attacks believed to have directed them from inside. Attackers left the inscription "DDPF" standing for "Rights of French Prisoners" at nearly all the crime scenes. The modus operandi of the assaults bore the hallmarks of organised crime, with perpetrators recruited online and promised "significant remuneration" in exchange for carrying out attacks, according to investigators.
Time of India
03-05-2025
- Time of India
France charges 21 prison attack suspects
AP file photo PARIS: Prosecutors said Saturday that 21 suspects in a series of coordinated attacks on French prisons had been charged, including two teenagers. Investigators believe the attacks were carried out by drug traffickers, with at least one suspect thought to have ties to a notorious cartel. Attackers in April struck at several jails and other facilities across France , torching cars, spraying the entrance of one prison with automatic gunfire and leaving mysterious inscriptions. A total of 30 people, including four minors, were arrested this week in police raids across France. Seven of them were released without charge. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pernas e pés inchados: Experimente isso para ajudar a drenar o fluído do edema aartedoherbalismo Undo Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told reporters Saturday that 19 of the suspects were being held in pre-trial custody, while the two adolescents had been placed in a detention facility for minors. They are accused of instigating the operations, acting as go-betweens, recruiting accomplices or carrying out the attacks, she said. The suspects, aged between 15 and 37 and including two women, had targeted prison staff "with extreme, uninhibited and premeditated violence" in both their professional and private lives, she said. Some of the suspects were believed to belong to organised crime groups, while other were "completely unknown" to police, Beccuau said. The assaults have embarrassed the right-leaning government whose tough-talking ministers of justice, Gerald Darmanin, and interior, Bruno Retailleau, have vowed to intensify the fight against narcotics and drug-related crime. President Emmanuel Macron has promised the attackers would be "found, tried and punished." French anti-terror prosecutors were initially put in charge of the case due to the coordinated nature of the attacks but the office for the fight against organised crime, known by its acronym JUNALCO , has since taken over. More than 300 investigators have been involved in the case. Several of the arrests took place inside prisons, with suspected leaders of the attacks believed to have directed them from inside. Attackers left the inscription "DDPF", standing for "Rights of French Prisoners", at nearly all the crime scenes. The modus operandi of the assaults bore the hallmarks of organised crime, with perpetrators recruited online and promised "significant remuneration" in exchange for carrying out attacks, according to investigators. On Tuesday, lawmakers approved a major new bill to combat drug-related crime, with some of France's most dangerous drug traffickers facing being locked up in high-security units in prison in the coming months.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Yahoo
France charges 21 prison attack suspects
Prosecutors said Saturday that 21 suspects in a series of coordinated attacks on French prisons had been charged, including two teenagers. Investigators believe the attacks were carried out by drug traffickers, with at least one suspect thought to have ties to a notorious cartel. Attackers in April struck at several jails and other facilities across France, torching cars, spraying the entrance of one prison with automatic gunfire and leaving mysterious inscriptions. A total of 30 people, including four minors, were arrested this week in police raids across France. Seven of them were released without charge. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau told reporters Saturday that 19 of the suspects were being held in pre-trial custody, while the two adolescents had been placed in a detention facility for minors. They are accused of instigating the operations, acting as go-betweens, recruiting accomplices or carrying out the attacks, she said. The suspects, aged between 15 and 37 and including two women, had targeted prison staff "with extreme, uninhibited and premeditated violence" in both their professional and private lives, she said. Some of the suspects were believed to belong to organised crime groups, while other were "completely unknown" to police, Beccuau said. The assaults have embarrassed the right-leaning government whose tough-talking ministers of justice, Gerald Darmanin, and interior, Bruno Retailleau, have vowed to intensify the fight against narcotics and drug-related crime. President Emmanuel Macron has promised the attackers would be "found, tried and punished." French anti-terror prosecutors were initially put in charge of the case due to the coordinated nature of the attacks but the office for the fight against organised crime, known by its acronym JUNALCO, has since taken over. More than 300 investigators have been involved in the case. Several of the arrests took place inside prisons, with suspected leaders of the attacks believed to have directed them from inside. Attackers left the inscription "DDPF" -- standing for "Rights of French Prisoners" -- at nearly all the crime scenes. The modus operandi of the assaults bore the hallmarks of organised crime, with perpetrators recruited online and promised "significant remuneration" in exchange for carrying out attacks, according to investigators. On Tuesday, lawmakers approved a major new bill to combat drug-related crime, with some of France's most dangerous drug traffickers facing being locked up in high-security units in prison in the coming months. mk/jh/cw
