Denis Robert

Denis Robert
Denis Robert in 2016
Born	(1958-05-09) 9 May 1958 (age 59) Moyeuvre-Grande
Nationality	French
Occupation	journalist, writer
Website	www.ladominationdumonde.blogspot.fr

Denis Robert (born 9 May 1958 in Moyeuvre-Grande, Moselle) is a French investigative journalist, novelist and filmmaker. He formerly worked for 12 years for the newspaper Libération. In 2008, he was involved in a polemic with Philippe Val, former director of the magazine Charlie Hebdo, and journalist Edwy Plenel.

Robert's books, films and press interviews, denouncing the opaque workings of the Clearstream clearing house, got him into more than 60 lawsuits in France, Belgium and Luxembourg by banks, such as Menatep (a Russian bank) and BGL (BNP Paribas Fortis), as well as the Clearstream company.

On 3 February 2011, after ten years of litigation, Robert was cleared by the Court of Cassation of his conviction for both of his books and (The Black Box), and also for his documentary film Les Dissimulateurs.

Robert is also a painter, whose work is displayed in Paris art galleries (La Bank, W).

Robert studied psychology and obtained a Master of Advanced Studies in psycholinguistics. After starting a fanzine Santiag in Lorraine in 1982, he joined the editorial staff of the monthly magazine , where he worked for a year. At the end of 1983, he joined Libération as a journalist for twelve years, first as a correspondent in eastern France, then he was transferred to the in the “Society” department. He resigned in 1995 in order to focus on his own writing work. By this time he had already published two novels, Chair Mathilde in 1991 and Je ferai un malheur in 1994. But the general public only got acquainted with him in early 1996 with his essay Pendant les affaires, les affaires continuent.

Also in 1996, Robert gathered seven anti-corruption magistrates to start the , to create a European judicial area to fight financial crime more effectively. The Appel de Genève is the subject of a book , published the same year. It was followed by a dozen novels and by as many essays on investigations of the multinational finance company Clearstream.