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French DGSE spy agency's missing hoard, part 2: the untold story behind pressure tactic to recover secret funds

By Thierry LEVEQUE and Franck Renaud
Reading time 4 min

Financier Alain Duménil was questioned by DGSE agents on Saturday 12 March 2016 in a PAF (Border Police) office at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
Financier Alain Duménil was questioned by DGSE agents on Saturday 12 March 2016 in a PAF (Border Police) office at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport. © Eliot Blondet/Abaca via Reuters Connect

An investigation into the intimidation of a financier accused by France's DGSE foreign intelligence of having stolen its secret funds, sheds light on how the operation was planned. It also shows the extent to which the probe caused concern within "la Boîte," as the spy agency is known.

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