The apartment of Fatouma-Awo Ismaïl Omar, daughter of President Ismail Omar Guelleh, was visited upon by police officers from the Central Office for the Suppression of Serious Financial Delinquency (OCRGDF) on March 14, AFP reports.
The search is in connection with an investigation started by the National Finance Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) back in November 2018. The authorities had received a complaint relating to the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements in the French capital where members of the Guelleh family are known to reside with swathes of illegal amassed wealth.
The historical connection between the two countries continues to this day with France maintaining a strong military presence in Djibouti, a small but strategically significant country in the Horn of Africa.
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