Paris: Louvre’s former president charged with money laundering

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PARIS (AP) – The former president of the Louvre museum has received preliminary charges for alleged antiquities trafficking during his tenure as head of the famous Paris museum. Police in the French capital charged Jean-Luc Martinez on May 25 with “complicity in organized fraud” and money laundering, according to the Paris prosecutors’ office.

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