Renaud Van Ruymbeke

French investigative magistrate (1952–2024)

Renaud Van Ruymbeke
Van Ruymbeke in 2021
Born	(1952-08-10)10 August 1952 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died	10 May 2024(2024-05-10) (aged 71) Mordelles, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
Education	Lycée Lakanal
Alma mater	École nationale de la magistrature
Occupation	Magistrate
Children	4

Renaud van Ruymbeke (10 August 1952^[1] – 10 May 2024) was a French investigative magistrate, well known for specialising in political and financial corruption cases. He investigated the French-Taiwan Frigates Affair, which was related to the Clearstream, and the Urba Affair. Van Ruymbeke died from cancer on 10 May 2024 in Mordelles near Rennes at the age of 71.^[2]

Bibliography

"Offshore: Dans les coulisses édifiantes des paradis fiscaux" [[1]]
Renaud van Ruymbeke, Le Juge d'instruction, Presses Universitaires de France, coll. « Que sais-je ? », 1988.
Denis Robert, La justice ou le chaos, Stock, 1996. Interviews and portrait of seven anti-corruption judges: Bernard Bertossa, Edmondo Bruti Liberati, Gherardo Colombo, Benoît Dejemeppe, Baltasar Garzon Real, Carlos Jimenez Villarejo, Renaud Van Ruymbeke
9 May 2001 op-ed in Le Monde titled "The black box of financial globalization" with Bernard Bertossa, attorney general in Geneva, Benoît Dejemeppe, king's attorney in Bruxelles (procureur du roi), Eva Joly, judge (juge d'instruction) in Paris, and Jean de Maillard, magistrate in Blois, about the Clearstream scandal, available here.

References

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National card of Judge Renaud showing his date of birth
^ "L'ancien juge d'instruction Renaud Van Ruymbeke est mort". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2024.