It is a maze of alleys in shades of pink, cream and gold, an exceptional district in the heart of Rome. Looking up, the walker can distinguish terraces, where the most discreet and exclusive parties of the Italian capital are given. From up there, you can contemplate centuries of history: the domes of the churches, St. Peter’s Cathedral, the white marble of the Altar of the Fatherland and the Palace of Venice, on whose balcony Benito Mussolini once harangued the crowd .
Who knows if Frédéric Chatillon was thinking of the “Duce” that day in October 2014 when he signed the lease for his splendid apartment in this district? In any case, it has been eight years since this historical friend of Marine Le Pen, sometimes considered his eminence grise, settled here with his companion and partner, Sighild Blanc. This 54-year-old entrepreneur was able to consolidate his links with the local far right there, but also to orchestrate financial operations so specific that they attracted the attention of the Financial Information Unit (UIF) of the Bank of Italy, an anti-money laundering service responsible for preliminary investigations into suspicious financial movements.
To understand these investigations, we must first return to the career of Mr. Chatillon, inseparable from that of Mrs.me The pen. Both met at the University of Assas Law in Paris in the 1990s. The young man then headed the Groupe Union Défense (GUD), a far-right student association. Far from being a simple president of this organization, he embodies it, both in spirit (worship of the body, practice of martial arts, violence, anti-leftism, taste for “provocativeness”) and in the ascendancy exercised over Its pairs. It was he, the gang leader, who made the GUD take a turn called radical “anti-Zionist” – he himself also worked in a bookstore distributing neo-Nazi and neo-Nazi writings.
The Edda Project
It is in this context that Mr. Chatillon weaves a friendly network that will also become a business network, a kind of “GUD business”, in particular with two people: Jildaz Mahé O’Chinal and Axel Loustau. Mme Le Pen, on the other hand, evolves on the outskirts. Although she is not a member of the GUD, she befriends Frédéric Chatillon. It must be said that the “gudards” like to lead the good life, which appeals to this party girl student.
The young people in question are also gifted in business. Thus Frédéric Chatillon launched Riwal, a communication company which worked for a long time for the National Front (FN), the ancestor of the National Rally (RN). Riwal’s name is known to French justice: he is at the center of the Jeanne affair, named after Marine Le Pen’s microparty, created in 2010, where an overcharging system was uncovered.
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