In another article titled “Documents on the scandalous corruption of Macron’s people have been released” by “Observer Online”, known for its regular international investigative articles, examples of documents confirming that large amounts of bribes were transferred to the accounts of A. Benalla, the head of the French Presidential Protection Service, and A. Derraz, the vice president of the famous French company “Saur” (under investigation in Azerbaijan), in exchange for the release of the assets of billionaires under sanctions.

Axar.az presents the sensational article from Observer Online, along with the published documents.

As is known, some time ago, a scandalous article was published in the British press about the criminal case being opened by the Azerbaijani special services for demanding a bribe of 6,140,000 US dollars from the head of the security service of French President Emmanuel Macron, Alexandre Benalla, and his partner, French citizen of Moroccan origin, Anass Derraz, in exchange for the release of his yacht “Luna” from international arrest from Russian billionaire of Azerbaijani origin Farhad Akhmedov in 2018.

According to the article, F. Ahmadov transferred part of that money to A. Benalla's bank account No. 2701000091503 opened in the French branch of “BANK OF AFRICA UNITED KINGDOM PLC SC PAR” and to A. Derraz's account No. 024071984024 opened in “AL HILAL BANK”.

Although the matter was covered up with great effort in France itself, A. Derraz, who was a participant in the crime in the criminal case conducted by the Azerbaijani state security agency regarding the fact, and who was later promoted to the position of vice president of the largest French international company for the construction of water and sewage systems - “Saur” due to his “special services”, is under house arrest in Azerbaijan, under investigation, while A. Benalla is on the international wanted list.

The French Embassy in Azerbaijan is demonstrating its helplessness in defending A. Derraz, whose appeals have not stopped. Faced with a difficult situation due to the nature of the matter, the relevant French agencies are more wary of the consequences of publicizing the issue of bribery from individuals under international sanctions.

Having determined that the bribery actually took place, our editorial team has obtained a three-party agreement signed under the guise of a legal services agreement between A. Benalla and A. Derraz, who are not lawyers, and F. Ahmadov, in order to legalize it, as well as some bank statements on the transfer of funds from F. Ahmadov to the accounts of A. Benalla and A. Derraz, and is presenting them to the general public.

Our investigations into the matter are continuing."