Justice: new torments for Karim Benzema – The Équipe.fr

It would for the time being a mere witness. It might even be the victim. But the case revealed Thursday by evening Libération announcement of new challenges for Karim Benzema who might be entangled in a new judiciary after the episode of the sextape of her partner for France Mathieu Valbuena. The daily reports that the French striker was heard as a witness in a criminal investigation for “organized gang laundering” and “drug trafficking laundering ‘ opened in September by the Paris prosecutor.

According to information from Libération , Karim Benzema has been heard in this case it two months ago. And again according to the daily, the judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke in charge of the investigation, seems to rule out for now a direct responsibility of the Real Madrid striker.

the narrative delivered by Libération in fact suggests that the attacker may have been the victim of his associations.

In the summer of 2015, an investigation into an alleged drug trafficking led directly to Karim Benzema and his entourage with “collateral plays” – people listened to conversations unrelated to the main survey, as the explained Libération . A disjoint criminal investigation is opened by the Paris prosecutor because of developments, including laundering are suspected.

The court is particularly interested in the company BH Event’s, created in September 2014 and which main shareholder is Karim Benzema. Investigators aim in particular the acquisition by that company, a business to suspicious circumstances: much lower than the market price offer, a lease expiring quickly, cost very important final. Especially, the redemption will be accompanied by Libération very high commissions and in large part illicit. Or Karim Benzema would itself guarantor of the initial transaction and resale. An operation that ultimately would have led to two million euros in losses.