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France: Woman ‘stops gang rape by biting attacker’s penis’

A woman in northern France managed to fight off a gang of sex attackers by biting the penis of one the men.

Published: 21 January 2016 16:54 CET
France: Woman 'stops gang rape by biting attacker's penis'
Photo: AFP
The incident occurred in the northern France city of Amiens inside a small apartment, reported the local Courrier Picard newspaper.
 
The woman, aged 30, had been set upon by two men on Saturday afternoon, while a third man was nearby. The paper noted that alcohol had been involved. 
 
The woman is believed to have managed to stop the attack by biting one of the men on the penis, until she drew blood, reported the paper. 
 
In response, one of the men is understood to have struck the woman, hard enough to leave her in hospital in a “serious condition”. 
 
She filed a complaint for rape that evening. 
 
One of the men, who was born in 1993, is facing charges of rape, while his accomplice, born in 1984, is facing charges of complicity. 
 
The third man, suspected of being one of the rapists, remains at large. 
 
Police have launched an investigation. 
 

BANKING

Danish bank to pay millions to end French laundering probe

Denmark’s largest bank has agreed to pay a multi-million sum to end legal pursuits in France linked to alleged money laundering in its Estonian subsidiary that resulted in heavy US penalties

Published: 18 September 2024 16:27 CEST
Danish bank to pay millions to end French laundering probe

Danske Bank will pay €6.3million (47million kroner) to end French financial authorities’ investigation.

An independent auditor’s report published in 2018 alleged Danske Bank’s Estonian unit allegedly laundered some €200billion through 15,000 accounts from 2007 to 2015.

The payment was agreed on August 27th with France’s national financial crime prosecutors and validated by a court on Wednesday. The agreement does not involve any admission of guilt.

Danske last December pleaded guilty in the United States and paid a $2billion fine.

The bank last October set aside an amount roughly equal to its US fine in expectation of legal pursuits in several countries.

Probes are underway in Estonia, Denmark, and Britain.

France charged Danske in 2019 with organised money laundering, which it denied, saying it was unaware of its Estonian subsidiary’s activities.

Tracfin, the French finance ministry’s anti-money laundering unit, found suspect movements on two accounts linked to a Franco-Russian businesswoman who has since been handed a two-year suspended sentence.

At Wednesday’s hearing, Danske’s counsel Niels Heering said his institution was “happy to reach this accord which for us is a way to close this chapter”, adding that “cracking down on financial fraud remains a priority” for the bank.

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