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The Cahuzac affair: an A-Z of Mediapart's exclusive investigations and analysis

How it all began, and how it all ended: Mediapart's first report revealing how French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac, while leading a crackdown on tax fraud, had for many years held a secret bank account in Switzerland which was then transferred to Singapore, was published on December 4th 2012. After months of denials and lies before Parliament and the press, Cahuzac finally confessed to holding a foreign bank account on April 2nd, vindicating Mediapart's series of investigative reports, which are presented here.

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How it all began, and how it all ended: Mediapart's first report revealing how French budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac, while leading a crackdown on tax fraud, had for many years held a secret bank account in Switzerland which was subsequently transferred to Singapore, was published on December 4th 2012.

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