French budget minister faces tax probe

French prosecutors are to open a preliminary investigation in January 2013 into allegations that Jérôme Cahuzac, budget minister in François Hollande’s Socialist government who headed its campaign against tax evasion, had an undeclared Swiss bank account

Mr Cahuzac, who stood down in April 2013 when he was found to have an undeclared Swiss bank account, said in May 2013 that he would not stand in a by-election for his old seat.

The Guardian, 08.01.13: French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac faces tax fraud allegations http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/08/french-budget-minister-jerome-cahuzac-tax

France24, 08.01.13: French budget minister probed over Swiss account http://www.france24.com/en/20130108-french-budget-minister-swiss-bank-account-cahuzac

ESO: Background information: Offshore tax havens rocked by bank account leaks http://www.europeansources.info/record/offshore-tax-havens-rocked-by-bank-account-leaks/

BBC News, 19.05.13: French ex-budget minister Jerome Cahuzac bows out http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22588901

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