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Gims targeted by probe into 300 million euros laundered

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Investigators are examining an international money-laundering network to which the suspicions targeting rapper Gims, who was charged in the spring, are believed to be linked. Between 2019 and 2025, the network is said to have laundered about 300 million euros, while the investigation concerns flows that could reach one billion euros, according to Telquel.

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