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Irish woman attacked by three men in southern France

Police are looking for more information after an Irish tourist was beaten with a chain lock while on holiday in southern France's Avignon.

Published: 1 August 2016 16:03 CEST
Irish woman attacked by three men in southern France
The attack occurred on Saturday morning in Avignon, southern France. Photo: Karoly Lorentey/Flickr
The victim was attacked on her way home after a night out in Avignon, where she is believed to have rented an apartment for several weeks.
 
At around 6.30am on Saturday, the woman was walking along Rue des Infirmières when she was approached by three men, who reportedly beat her up with a motorcycle chain lock.
 
The 25-year-old woman was left with serious injuries to her face, according to reports. 
 
The men fled the scene, but didn't steal anything from the woman nor carry out any kind of sexual assault, reported Le Dauphiné Libéré newspaper.
 
A local police source told the paper that the woman had been left “in a state of shock”. 
 
Police told the paper that the victim may have rejected the advances of one of the men earlier in the night. The victim, however, told police that she didn't know the attackers. 
 
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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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