Potential money launderingHouse search through the buildings of the Conseil d’Etat

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Abuse of social goods, money laundering and violation of professional secrecy are suspected, thus a house search was ordered by the prosecutor’s office.
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The concerned member of the Council of State is Lucien Lux. A judicial investigation was launched based on the suspicion that he had shared an official document to entrepreneur Flavio Becca.

The investigation is ongoing with the presumption of innocence.

Statement of the prosecutor’s office

Press communication by the prosecutor’s office of Luxembourg in relation to a house search on 4 October 2024 at the Conseil d’Etat. (04.10.2024)

On the date of 4 October 2024, a house search of the locations of the Conseil d’Etat was conducted by the criminal investigation department, under the direction of a judge of defence and with a prosecutor’s magistrate present.

This measure is part of an open judicial investigation based on an accusation made by Luxembourg’s prosecutor’s office, suspecting abuse of social goods, money laundering, breach of professional secrecy and concealment of a breach of professional secrecy. The investigation questions Monsieur le Conseiller d’Etat Lucien Lux who is suspected to have disclosed a non-public document as it was treated which was supposed to be under professional secrecy of his activities among the Conseil d’Etat.

The prosecution and defence are both ongoing.

The statement above is written in the respect of the prosecution secrecy, the presumption of innocence and the rights of the defence.

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