A magistrate at the Agen Court of Appeal (Lot-et-Garonne) was placed in police custody on Wednesday. The investigation concerns in particular the suspected links of this magistrate with an alleged member of Corsican banditry.
The magistrate's home in Agen as well as her villa in Pietrosella (South Corsica) were searched in December 2022, AFP learned from sources close to the case. This magistrate was stationed in Corsica between 2010 and 2016. She received death threats at her home in February 2016, which led the Ajaccio public prosecutor's office to open an investigation.