Edmond | Pakistan

French investigators searched ​the Paris offices of Swiss bank Edmond de Rothschild as part of an inquiry into alleged corruption ‌involving a French diplomat named in documents linked to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The name of Fabrice Aidan, a middle-ranking French diplomat who was seconded to the United Nations from 2006 to 2013 and later worked at the bank, appeared in more than 200 documents ​released by the US Justice Department. These include emails he is alleged to have sent Epstein between 2010 and 2016 ​from his personal and UN accounts. Some of the emails reviewed by Reuters show the transfer of ⁠UN Security Council briefings and other confidential documents to Epstein during that period. Aidan has denied wrongdoing, and his lawyer did not ​immediately respond to requests for comment. The French Foreign Ministry said it had completed an administrative investigation, performing about 30 interviews. The ​ministry said all current and former staff members who had...