In Focus | Burkina Faso, DRC, Gabon, Monaco, Senegal
Lecourt family rent Monaco letter boxes to African oligarchs
By Philippe Vasset
Published on 17.06.2019 at 04:30 GMT
Reading time 6 minutes
The Lecourt family, which has been established on the Rock of Monaco for the last two generations, began in the soap business before going on to build up a profitable agricultural trading business and then a cleaning business of a non-corporal sort, registering companies in Monaco for third parties. This latter service is particularly appreciated by the wealthy, notably in Africa.
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