Former Louvre president charged with money laundering

Jean-Luc Martinez took up the Louvre post in 2013 (Christophe Ena/AP)

The former president of the Louvre museum has received preliminary charges for alleged antiquities trafficking during his tenure as head of the famous Paris museum.

Police in the French capital have charged Jean-Luc Martinez with “complicity in organised fraud” and money laundering, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.