It was a new expected twist in this twists and turns affair.
As we mentioned on Wednesday, the investigations carried out so far within the framework of a preliminary investigation opened for "extortion in an organized gang and attempt" have passed under the direction of two investigating judges in the context of an information judicial.
"Following the initial investigations, the Paris public prosecutor's office today opened a judicial investigation against X of the counts of extortion with a weapon in an organized gang, kidnapping or kidnapping with release before the seventh day in an organized gang to prepare or facilitate the commission of a crime or misdemeanor and participation in a criminal association with a view to committing a crime, explains in a statement sent to the press the public prosecutor, Laure Beccuau.
The investigations will continue within the framework of a judicial inquiry entrusted to two investigating magistrates of the Paris Court of Justice.
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