Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Africa
Helin and Orano uranium sale probe speeds up with Paris searches

A lawyer who worked closely with wealth manager Helin International had his home and office searched last month in Paris. Investigators were looking for documents related, among other things, to companies registered by Hélin and used to channel proceeds of the loss-making 2011 sale of uranium from Niger by Orano (formerly Areva). [...]

Published on 15/12/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

This article may be accessed by subscribers

In order to ensure high-quality and independent journalism, Africa Intelligence relies solely on subscriptions from its readers, with no advertising, no events and no consulting work.

Several offers are available depending on your particular reading needs

Consult our offers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

Discover our work by making use of the following possibilities: daily newsletters, a selection of free articles, keyword alerts.

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

create a free account

Finance, Business

Set up email notifications for these topics

Areva
Endeavour Mining
Energy Standard FZE
Europe Masters
Fortchings
Helin Internationa
La Mancha
Laurent Moury
Orano
Sebastien de Montessus
Sicris
Steering Legal

In Focus | Africa
The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International

The hunt for the firm's embezzled funds continues. From Dubai to Djibouti, via Kyiv and Dar es Salaam, tens of millions of dollars have passed through suspicious entities. US, Swiss and French investigators are continuing their probes into a complex financial network controlled by Russians.

Subscribers only Finance 08.05.2023

Alexey Alexandrovitch Korotaev, Anastasiya Abramova, Hedayatollah Bakhtari Musa, Aleksei Korotaev.

Africa
Helin International embezzlement suspect Alexei Korotaev arrested

Le financier russo-suisse Aleksei Korotaev a été arrêté le 27 avril à Moscou. L'homme d'affaires âgé de 37 ans était recherché par Interpol pour de présumés détournements de fonds de dizaines de millions de dollars de la société de gestion de fortune Helin international.

Subscribers only Business 02.05.2023

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai hosts secret accounts of Dos Santos clan and other wealthy Africans

Africa Intelligence can reveal the existence of companies secretly set up in the United Arab Emirates on behalf of the family of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos. The group behind these, wealth management firm Helin International, is under investigation in the United States, France, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Subscribers only Finance 25.01.2023

Isabel dos Santos (third from left, front row) at President Joao Lourenco's inauguration in 2017 alongside her (now late) husband Sindika Dokolo, her half-sister Welwitschia "Tchize" dos Santos, and her brother Eduardo Breno dos Santos.

Ivory Coast
Busy businessman Idriss Diallo hopes to net top football federation post

In the running to head the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF), which will elect its new president on 23 April, Idriss Diallo, who is competing against his former business partner, ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, is a businessman involved in a number of sectors.

Subscribers only Business 04.04.2022

Yacine Idriss Diallo, candidate for the presidency of the Ivorian Football Federation.

Burkina Faso
Coup leader Damiba reassures Endeavour's local head over gold mines

Adama Soro, who has been running the activities of the Canadian group Endeavour Mining since January 2018 in Burkina Faso, met on 27 January with the junta's strongman Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba who has been in power since 24 January.

Subscribers only Mining 31.01.2022

Africa, UAE
Abu Dhabi targets wealth managers who partnered with Helin

Helin International, a wealth management outfit favoured by some VIPs and companies working in Africa, is already under investigation by French and Swiss legal authorities, and now its former partners in the UAE are being sanctioned, one by one.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 15.11.2021

France, Sudan
Thiam's complaint could shed light on Hélin's labyrinthine role in Areva case

The breach of trust complaint filed on 20 June by Idriss Déby's former advisor Tidjani Thiam relates to a case that's also of interest to French investigators who have spent years looking into transactions carried out by Areva's mining division.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 16.07.2021

Africa
Areva investigation: French judges comb through Helin's offshore company labyrinth

The French judicial authorities, which are investigating two transactions carried out by the former Areva group's mining division, are concentrating their inquiries on wealth management company Helin, which worked for Areva but also financed the activities of Sébastien de Montessus, former director of the French nuclear power group's mining division.

Subscribers only Mining 23.02.2021

Africa
French judges turn up heat on Montessus on eve of Teranga-Endeavour merger

On 21 January, the Endeavour CEO Sébastien de Montessus is set to defend the proposed merger with Teranga, majority-controlled by David Mimran, to his shareholders. In the meantime, French judges are conducting extensive inquiries into a number of transactions that he oversaw when he was with Areva.

Subscribers only Mining 04.01.2021

Spotlight | West Africa
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

After buying Semafo and deciding to merge with Teranga, Endeavour Mining is preparing to list on the London Stock Exchange. At the same time, the French courts have resumed their probe into several operations carried out by CEO Sébastien de Montessus while he was working at Areva.

Subscribers only Mining 23.11.2020

Sébastien de Montessus, CEO of Endeavour Mining.

France, Niger
Uraniumgate judges caught in a financial labyrinth

Finding who stood to benefit from Areva's mysterious sale – at a loss – of 5.5 million tonnes of Nigerien uranium is no easy task for the French investigators wading through the case's piles of documents.

Subscribers only Mining 25.09.2018

Set up email notifications for these topics

Areva
Endeavour Mining
Energy Standard FZE
Europe Masters
Fortchings
Helin Internationa
La Mancha
Laurent Moury
Orano
Sebastien de Montessus
Sicris
Steering Legal

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa
Helin and Orano uranium sale probe speeds up with Paris searches

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

Set up email notifications for these topics

In Focus | Africa
The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International

Africa
Helin International embezzlement suspect Alexei Korotaev arrested

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai hosts secret accounts of Dos Santos clan and other wealthy Africans

Ivory Coast
Busy businessman Idriss Diallo hopes to net top football federation post

Burkina Faso
Coup leader Damiba reassures Endeavour's local head over gold mines

Africa, UAE
Abu Dhabi targets wealth managers who partnered with Helin

France, Sudan
Thiam's complaint could shed light on Hélin's labyrinthine role in Areva case

Africa
Areva investigation: French judges comb through Helin's offshore company labyrinth

Africa
French judges turn up heat on Montessus on eve of Teranga-Endeavour merger

Spotlight | West Africa
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

France, Niger
Uraniumgate judges caught in a financial labyrinth

Set up email notifications for these topics

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa in the Russia-Ukraine war

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Africa Helin and Orano uranium sale probe speeds up with Paris searches

This article may be accessed by subscribers

Do you want a free trial before subscribing?

Create your free account

create a free account

Set up email notifications for these topics

In Focus | Africa The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International

Africa Helin International embezzlement suspect Alexei Korotaev arrested

Spotlight | Angola, UAE Dubai hosts secret accounts of Dos Santos clan and other wealthy Africans

Ivory Coast Busy businessman Idriss Diallo hopes to net top football federation post

Burkina Faso Coup leader Damiba reassures Endeavour's local head over gold mines

Africa, UAE Abu Dhabi targets wealth managers who partnered with Helin

France, Sudan Thiam's complaint could shed light on Hélin's labyrinthine role in Areva case

Africa Areva investigation: French judges comb through Helin's offshore company labyrinth

Africa French judges turn up heat on Montessus on eve of Teranga-Endeavour merger

Spotlight | West Africa As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

France, Niger Uraniumgate judges caught in a financial labyrinth

Set up email notifications for these topics

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Africa
Helin and Orano uranium sale probe speeds up with Paris searches

In Focus | Africa
The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International

Africa
Helin International embezzlement suspect Alexei Korotaev arrested

Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai hosts secret accounts of Dos Santos clan and other wealthy Africans

Ivory Coast
Busy businessman Idriss Diallo hopes to net top football federation post

Burkina Faso
Coup leader Damiba reassures Endeavour's local head over gold mines

Africa, UAE
Abu Dhabi targets wealth managers who partnered with Helin

France, Sudan
Thiam's complaint could shed light on Hélin's labyrinthine role in Areva case

Africa
Areva investigation: French judges comb through Helin's offshore company labyrinth

Africa
French judges turn up heat on Montessus on eve of Teranga-Endeavour merger

Spotlight | West Africa
As he steers Endeavour to London flotation, Sébastien de Montessus faces legal headwinds in Paris

France, Niger
Uraniumgate judges caught in a financial labyrinth