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French magistrate widens Bin Laden finance probe
 PARIS: A French judge has widened a probe into the financial network surrounding the family of Osama Bin Laden after questioning his half-brother and learning of a 241 million euro transfer to Pakistan, Le Monde daily said. Investigating magistrate Renaud Van Ruymbeke received court authorisation to extend his investigation after Yeslam Bin Laden was questioned on September 27 over allegations of links with the organisers of attacks in 2001 in the US, the paper said in its Saturday edition. As a result, Van Ruymbeke was adding "other instances of money laundering" to the probe already under way, Le Monde said. The court was unreachable for comment on Saturday. On December 5, 2001, French authorities opened an investigation into financial transfers carried out through Paris between firms grouped within the Saudi Investment Company (SICO) run by Yeslam Bin Laden, who also manages some assets of the family's Saudi Binladin Group (SBG). Posted by: Fred 2004-12-26 |
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