A Belgian magistrate, wanted by the justice of his country, was arrested Tuesday in Paris and placed in detention. The arrest was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Fast, the federal police unit specializing in the search for criminals on the run, with the French authorities. ” A Belgian national, magistrate of the Belgian judicial order, was arrested today in Paris and placed in judicial detention, in execution of two European arrest warrants issued by the Belgian judicial authorities. “, confirmed the judicial source.
According to the newspaper Le Soir, the magistrate would be Luc Monin, 63 years old. Last April, he was sentenced to five years in prison by the Court of Cassation. He was accused of having defrauded savers of around 500,000 euros, as well as having participated in the blackmail of 50,000 euros once morest a surgeon and a lawyer.
He was sentenced to the maximum sentence for these facts, as he was absent from a hearing in November 2020.”What’s happening is unfair declares his lawyer, contacted by Le Soir. The Court of Cassation rejected his appeal even though the Advocate General had considered his trial to be unfair. He found himself sentenced to the maximum sentence without being able to defend himself. I learn today that the public prosecutor’s office of Liège has used disproportionate means to have him arrested, like a big bandit. The French courts will have to find that Luc Monin did not benefit from a fair trial in Belgium”.
He will be presented to the Paris public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday to be notified of the arrest warrants once morest him before appearing later before the investigating chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal, responsible for extraditions.
The magistrate was arrested by the National Fugitive Research Brigade (BNRF), said a source close to the investigation. According to Europe 1, this magistrate was arrested ” in a hotel in the 6th arrondissement of Paris “.
The Belgian authorities on ” suspect of fraud (…) committed in his capacity as magistrate “, “laundering and extortion”.
The public prosecutor’s office of Liège refused to comment, specifies Le Soir.