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Journalist Ariane Lavrilleux revealed, in 2021, that a French intelligence mission was hijacked by Egyptian authorities to carry out airstrikes. Tuesday September 19, the journalist who collaborated with Complément d’investigation was arrested in Marseille. An update on this affair with Hugo Plagnard, the editor-in-chief of Complément d’investigation.
Since Tuesday September 19, Ariane Lavrilleuxa journalist Further investigation, is in police custody. His home was searched. “We have checked in with our partner in this investigation, she is still in police custody in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône). She is interviewed by agents of the DGSI. What is new compared to the start of this procedure is that she is accompanied by a lawyer.explains Hugo Plagnardeditor-in-chief of Complément d’investigation.
“What is the source?”
Asked what the investigators are looking for, the journalist indicates: “I guess there’s only one question […] It is : ‘What is the source that led to this document leak?'” He completes: “This procedure may worry the next sources who will have documents to entrust to us and worry the journalists.” Ariane is accused of Lavrilleux of having compromised national defense secrets, of compromising the security of the country. “We thought a lot before publishing these documents. We took this legal risk into account.”