The case does not stop there since, within the framework of the investigation, two searches targeted a Brussels antique dealer du Sablon and the home of Jean-Claude Fontinoy, historic right arm of Didier Reynders. According to the latest elements published in the press, Mr. Fontinoy would have bought for nearly a million euros of objects of liquid art, via frequent and unjustified transactions.
Didier Reynders affair: searches were carried out in an antique dealer
Commission of inquiry
These facts, which can be considered as a potentially structured money laundering scheme, lead the Socialist Party to want to give a new dimension to the case, doubling the judicial and police work of parliamentary work. This is the reason why the PS group in the House requests the establishment of a parliamentary commission of inquiry concerning the suspicions of money laundering aimed at Didier Reynders and its direct entourage.
“The chronology of this affair questions: how could someone have been able to pay so many years as important in cash without triggering a warning? The question arises even more when it comes to a politically exposed personality! Why did the banks and control bodies remain silent for so long? And above all, where does this money come from?”questions the deputy Hugues Bayet.
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Failure
The socialists consider that these facts were able to occur due to a failure at the level of the failing control chain. “”Didier Reynders was Minister MR of finance for more than ten years. During this period, he never strengthened the anti-flowage devices, neither on the legislative level, nor at the level of controls. The fight against great tax fraud has never been its priority, preferring the DLU to the lifting of banking secrecy! This political assessment, combined with the current chain of revelations, fully justifies the opening of a parliamentary investigation to shed light on the facts, to assess banking failures and propose concrete reforms to fight against money laundering “, concluded Khalil Aouasti.
The PS considers that a parliamentary committee will make it possible to shed light on the facts and flaws of the anti-fraud system. “The fight against tax fraud and money laundering must be a priority”, they insist.
