Bernard Squarcini, January 17, 2012, has been placed in police custody in the course of an investigation for influence peddling. – MARTIN BUREAU / AFP

bad time for the police. Two former great cops – Bernard Squarcini and Christian Flaesch – have been placed Monday in custody. in 20 Minutes made the point on a survey that was vaguely defined.

Who are the two in question ?

Bernard Squarcini, 60 years old, the first boss of the central directorate for domestic intelligence (DCRI, become ISB) at its inception in 2008 and close to Nicolas Sarkozy, has long been considered an ace of the information. Nicknamed “the Sharks” or “Squarc” in the police, that son of a police officer, grandson of a shepherd in corsica, had previously been named boss of the Directorate of territorial surveillance (DST), in June 2007, after having been number 2 to general Intelligence (RG). To RG, he was recognized as the undisputed specialist of the terrorism, whether he is basque, islamic or corsican. But in may 2012, with the arrival of the left in power, he is dismissed from his position at the DCRI, a victim of his friendships sarkozystes. Two years later, in April 2014, he was sentenced to 8.000 euros of fine by the correctional court of Paris, which recognizes the guilty of having requisitioned illegally, telephone bills detailed (” fadettes “) of a journalist of the World.

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Christian Flaesch has been the pattern for the 36, quai des Orfèvres until the end of December 2013.He had to leave his functions after a warning from the prosecutor general’s office of the court of appeal of Paris about a call that he had passed to his former minister, Brice Hortefeux, during which he seemed to indicate how to prepare for a hearing in a court files involving Nicolas Sarkozy. Christian Flaesch is now general manager safety-security of the Accor group.

What is he reproached ?

It is not yet known very widely the reasons for these two guards to