He was found safe and well this Friday, November 21 morning in Hauts-de-Seine. But for hours, his family feared the worst.
On Thursday evening, the 29-year-old’s parents received a ransom demand of 7 million euros via an encrypted messaging service, accompanied by a photo in which he appeared, according to BFMTV, with his hands tied behind his back and wearing underwear.
Panicking, several family members immediately went to the Mantes-la-Jolie police station. It was in the Yvelines commune that the victim’s workplace was located. When they arrived at the location, the police saw the vehicle still parked there, the engine cold and the business premises closed.
“There was no preferred path,” according to prosecutors
The Versailles prosecutor’s office was notified and opened an investigation “into kidnapping and exile by an organized gang.” He was entrusted to the judicial police.
The investigation eventually made it possible to find the victim in Hauts-de-Seine. This Friday morning, police found the man along with two other people. Their relationship to the victim, according to the Versailles prosecutor’s office, “remains to be determined.” The perpetrators fled.
Judicial police are continuing their investigation. “At this stage of the investigation, there are no leading leads,” the prosecutor’s office said Friday evening. Paris. The victim had no recent criminal record. »
