Morgan Stanley risks being embroiled in a French criminal case by a group of communities in Africa that suspect the US bank helped Vincent Bolloré launder money stemming from the disposal of an allegedly corrupt €5.7 billion ($6.6 billion) asset.
Morgan Stanley risks being embroiled in a French criminal case by a group of communities in Africa that suspect the US bank helped Vincent Bolloré launder money stemming from the disposal of an allegedly corrupt €5.7 billion ($6.6 billion) asset.
Vincent Bolloré Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
UBS Group AG was fined €6 million ($7 million) in Monaco over weak anti-money laundering controls, including filing a report 253 days after a suspicious transaction.
UBS Group AG was fined €6 million ($7 million) in Monaco over weak anti-money laundering controls, including filing a report 253 days after a suspicious transaction.
The UBS Group AG building at Paradeplatz in Zurich.
A senior BNP Paribas SA banker who was fired for allegedly bullying his subordinates on the trading floor lost a €1.7 million ($2 million) unfair-dismissal award on appeal after judges drew on testimony from staffers.
A senior BNP Paribas SA banker who was fired for allegedly bullying his subordinates on the trading floor lost a €1.7 million ($2 million) unfair-dismissal award on appeal after judges drew on testimony from staffers.
A fugitive accused of insider trading says he’s trapped in China because the US won’t let him board a plane to Boston to fight the charges against him. The Justice Department isn’t sympathetic, saying he created the problem himself by fleeing from Singapore before he could be extradited.
A fugitive accused of insider trading says he’s trapped in China because the US won’t let him board a plane to Boston to fight the charges against him. The Justice Department isn’t sympathetic, saying he created the problem himself by fleeing from Singapore before he could be extradited.
Close up of man using smart phone,Stock trading Photographer: manusapon kasosod/Moment RF
Elon Musk snubbed a summons by French prosecutors investigating how AI chatbot Grok was allowed to spew out sexually explicit deepfakes and Holocaust-denying content, according to Agence France-Presse.
Elon Musk snubbed a summons by French prosecutors investigating how AI chatbot Grok was allowed to spew out sexually explicit deepfakes and Holocaust-denying content, according to Agence France-Presse.
French police were denied access to President Emmanuel Macron’s official residence as part of a corruption investigation into the organization of state ceremonies posthumously honoring citizens.
French police were denied access to President Emmanuel Macron’s official residence as part of a corruption investigation into the organization of state ceremonies posthumously honoring citizens.
The Elysée Palace in Paris. Photographer: Amaury Cornu/AFP/Getty Images
Two Geneva-based traders were handed jail terms for their role in a secret network that made about $23 million on an insider tip from a former Societe Generale SA banker about a confidential multibillion-dollar merger.
Two Geneva-based traders were handed jail terms for their role in a secret network that made about $23 million on an insider tip from a former Societe Generale SA banker about a confidential multibillion-dollar merger.
Skyscrapers in the La Defense business and financial district in Paris. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
Lafarge’s former chief executive was jailed for six years and the Holcim Ltd. subsidiary was fined nearly €5.7 million ($6.7 million) after being found guilty of paying terrorist groups to avoid shutting a plant during Syria’s civil war.
Lafarge’s former chief executive was jailed for six years and the Holcim Ltd. subsidiary was fined nearly €5.7 million ($6.7 million) after being found guilty of paying terrorist groups to avoid shutting a plant during Syria’s civil war.
Bruno Lafont, former chief executive officer of Lafarge SA, was also found guilty.
French prosecutors are seeking terrorism charges against an adult and three teens aged 16-17 over a foiled bombing attack near the Bank of America Corp. office in Paris, seen as a possible retaliation to the war with Iran.
French prosecutors are seeking terrorism charges against an adult and three teens aged 16-17 over a foiled bombing attack near the Bank of America Corp. office in Paris, seen as a possible retaliation to the war with Iran.
Police outside the Bank of America offices in Paris, on March 28. Photographer: Nicolas Garriga/AP Photo
Billionaire Vincent Bolloré was ordered to face trial in December over allegations including bribery to win a port contract in Togo a decade and a half ago.
Billionaire Vincent Bolloré was ordered to face trial in December over allegations including bribery to win a port contract in Togo a decade and a half ago.
TotalEnergies SE is fighting a lawsuit in Paris that seeks to block one of Europe’s top oil and gas producers from starting new fossil fuel exploration and extraction projects.
TotalEnergies SE is fighting a lawsuit in Paris that seeks to block one of Europe’s top oil and gas producers from starting new fossil fuel exploration and extraction projects.
The TotalEnergies SE office building in the La Defense business district in Paris.
The main Paris prosecutor asked victims of Jeffrey Epstein to come forward after the release by the US of a large trove of files that have revealed the full extent of the disgraced financier’s global connections.
The main Paris prosecutor asked victims of Jeffrey Epstein to come forward after the release by the US of a large trove of files that have revealed the full extent of the disgraced financier’s global connections.
French authorities opened new probes into possible sexual and financial crimes linked to Jeffrey Epstein and are revisiting the file on modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who died in a French prison in 2022.
French authorities opened new probes into possible sexual and financial crimes linked to Jeffrey Epstein and are revisiting the file on modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who died in a French prison in 2022.
Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2004.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen will learn in July whether she convinced judges to overturn an election ban — a decision that’ll shape who leads the National Rally into the presidential poll next year.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen will learn in July whether she convinced judges to overturn an election ban — a decision that’ll shape who leads the National Rally into the presidential poll next year.
Marine Le Pen attends a trial at Palais De Justice in Paris on Feb. 10.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faced a raft of questions in court about why staffers working for her as leader of the far right National Rally were paid for by European funds in her appeal of an election ban that threatens her presidential ambitions.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faced a raft of questions in court about why staffers working for her as leader of the far right National Rally were paid for by European funds in her appeal of an election ban that threatens her presidential ambitions.
Marine Le Pen leaves during a break at her appeal trial on Jan. 21.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen struck a conciliatory tone in court as she seeks to overturn an embezzlement conviction in a case that will determine whether one of the country’s most popular politicians will be able to run in next year’s presidential election.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen struck a conciliatory tone in court as she seeks to overturn an embezzlement conviction in a case that will determine whether one of the country’s most popular politicians will be able to run in next year’s presidential election.
Marine Le Pen arrives for a hearing in Paris, on Jan. 13. Photographer: Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images
France’s budget minister warned that the adoption of a finance bill for 2026 risks being pushed back until after municipal elections in March if lawmakers topple the government in confidence votes next week.
France’s budget minister warned that the adoption of a finance bill for 2026 risks being pushed back until after municipal elections in March if lawmakers topple the government in confidence votes next week.
France s Minister for Public Action and Accounts Amelie de Montchalin takes the floor and answers a question from a Member of Parliament, Session of questions on current affairs to the government QAG with Members of Parliament present in the chamber of the National Assembly, in Paris, France on January 7, 2026. (Photo by Amaury Cornu / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)
HSBC Holdings Plc agreed to pay about €300 million ($350 million) to settle a twin criminal and civil case in France into its alleged role in a dividend-tax scandal that’s embroiled some of the biggest banks in the country.
HSBC Holdings Plc agreed to pay about €300 million ($350 million) to settle a twin criminal and civil case in France into its alleged role in a dividend-tax scandal that’s embroiled some of the biggest banks in the country.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in a Financial Times op-ed that placing tariffs and quotas on Chinese imports would be “an uncooperative answer” to address its trade imbalance with the European Union.
French President Emmanuel Macron said in a Financial Times op-ed that placing tariffs and quotas on Chinese imports would be “an uncooperative answer” to address its trade imbalance with the European Union.
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