Singer Gims was placed under formal investigation on Friday evening for organised money laundering, following his arrest on March 25 at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport. He was placed under judicial supervision and denies any knowledge of fraudulent activities linked to his Marrakech property project.
Congolese rapper Gims, real name Gandhi Djuna and aged 39, was arrested on March 25, 2026, by French customs upon exiting his plane at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport. He and two professional collaborators were held in custody as part of a probe into an alleged organised money laundering network.
On Friday March 27, Gims was placed under formal investigation for "aggravated money laundering" and "involvement in an organised gang in operations of placement, dissimulation or conversion of proceeds from a crime," according to the National Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime (Pnaco). He also faces charges of "organised money laundering of assets or funds from aggravated tax fraud."
Following his indictment, the artist was released under judicial supervision. He must post bail of an unspecified amount, avoid contact with certain individuals designated by the investigating judges, and notify the lead magistrate of his travels. Gims denies knowledge of any fraudulent activities that funded his Sunset Village Private Residences project in Marrakech, a luxury development of 118 villas launched in 2025.
The investigation targets an international network using companies to evade VAT, issue fake invoices, and launder funds from illegal activities. Five former drug traffickers turned financial criminals were already indicted in March 2020, as reported by Africa Intelligence and Le Parisien. His lawyer, David-Olivier Kaminski, declined to comment. The Pnaco states that Gims remains presumed innocent.
