Crime & Justice
Paris prosecutors trace a wave of airline bomb hoaxes
France is investigating false threats that disrupted flights across Europe, while authorities stress that no group or foreign state has been linked by evidence.
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Inass Touloub trial shows how forensic evidence revived a 39-year-old case
At the Blois assize court, medical evidence and a DNA breakthrough frame a difficult trial in which both accused parents deny responsibility.
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Nice school threat inquiry brings security and support measures
Prosecutors are investigating an alleged armed threat against a nursery-school head and teacher, while the education authority has added security and psychological support.
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Dubaï Papers tax-fraud trial opens in Paris
Thirteen people and three companies went on trial over an alleged international system for concealing French assets, with guilt to be decided after hearings scheduled through 3 December.
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France moves closer to ending time limits for child sexual crimes
The Senate has backed imprescriptibility for sexual crimes committed against minors. The vote is historic, but differences between the two chambers still have to be resolved before the rule can become law.
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France's fast-track riot trials expose a due-process strain
Hundreds of defendants have entered accelerated proceedings after the October 17 violence. Courtroom reporting shows why a firm response and reliable individual evidence are not the same question.
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Limoges city hall fire case moves to attempted-murder charges
Two suspects have been indicted over the 17 October blaze. The main suspect contests the evidence, and the judicial investigation must now test claims about intent and organisation.
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Trappes shooting moves into a terrorism investigation
One person was killed and five were wounded west of Paris. Anti-terror prosecutors are examining a suspected racist motive, which remains an investigative question.
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Aubagne inquiry puts an online violent subculture under scrutiny
France's first terrorism investigation tied to the True Crime Community now includes a second teenager, but charges and online links are not convictions.
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Aubagne school shooting shifts the safety debate toward prevention
A 14-year-old is in custody after two staff members were wounded at a middle school, while investigators work to establish motive and access to the weapon.
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Recovered Renoirs now move from police evidence to conservation
DNA and vehicle tracking helped recover two paintings stolen in Cagnes-sur-Mer, but examination and the criminal inquiry continue before any museum return.
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Twenty-four police inquiries turn protest injuries into a national test
Serious injuries to minors have moved France's school protests into a wider argument about crowd-control weapons, accountability and proportional force.
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French arrests expose the scale of a stolen intimate-image market
A joint French-US operation closed three sites linked to NudeLeaksTeens, while investigators seek victims and examine an alleged trade affecting more than 17,000 women and girls.
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Paris trial tests how criminal law reaches organised online abuse
Rohan Rane faces charges including torture, organised extortion and abuse-material offences in a case spanning France and the United States.
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France passes 90,000 prisoners as capacity falls further behind
Official figures for 1 September count 90,020 prisoners, 63,348 operational places and 8,347 mattresses on cell floors.
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France's Church abuse redress system enters a contested handover
INIRR has published its final mission report as a permanent successor begins taking new cases. Survivors are questioning the design of the next stage.
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What the Al-Khelaifi inquiry means, and what it does not
French prosecutors are examining a suspected conflict of interest in the 2024 Ligue 1 rights talks. No finding of wrongdoing has been made.
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Trials of French IS suspects in Iraq reopen due-process questions
Proceedings due to begin in Baghdad revive disputes over jurisdiction, evidence and the death penalty.
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France’s smart-glasses scrutiny moves from warning to investigation
A Paris criminal inquiry and complaints to the CNIL are testing how existing privacy rules apply when a camera looks like ordinary eyewear.
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Syma’s €1.1 million fine highlights France’s changing cold-call rules
The administrative sanction concerns failures under the former Bloctel system. Today’s rules generally require prior consent instead.
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Kim Kardashian receives symbolic €1 damages in Paris robbery case
The amount was what Kardashian requested. The civil ruling focused on recognition and accountability rather than the value of the jewellery stolen in 2016.
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Six-month prison sentence after threats against a teacher near Toulouse
A Toulouse court ordered the immediate imprisonment of a parent who threatened a primary-school teacher in Le Fauga. The ruling also imposed protective restrictions.
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France’s payment-fraud report puts manipulation in the spotlight
The newly released 2025 figures show why lower card-fraud rates do not remove the threat from convincing phone calls and false payment instructions.
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Two Renoir paintings remain missing after Riviera theft
A break-in at the artist’s former home in Cagnes-sur-Mer has triggered an investigation.
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Protected-bird case reaches an Orléans courtroom
Olivier Bouygues and estate employees face allegations involving the destruction of protected wildlife.