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This is the story of a computer hard drive handed over to the courts by a private detective. Inside, nearly 200,000 documents, memos, faxes, emails, accounting documents and, above all, lists of names. It is the laying bare of the secrets, well-kept until now, of an international financial network suspected of tax fraud operating for 25 years between Belgium, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates. Among the thousand names appearing in these computer listings, nearly 200 French people, mainly business leaders and wealthy heirs. Thus, hundreds of millions of euros are said to have escaped the French tax authorities. This exceptional wealth of information allows us to decipher for the first time from the inside the workings of a very closed circle: discreet meetings and sumptuous parties, clients protected by pseudonyms, cash deliveries in shopping bags and very special bank cards. Suspected of being at the head of this alleged fraud network are a prince from one of the oldest aristocratic families in Europe, Henri de Croÿ, and a mysterious banker, Geraldine Whittaker. This respectable British woman was received by the Queen of England and decorated with the Legion of Honor by Nicolas Sarkozy. What role would they have played, and would they still play? How has this very closed circle evolved to adapt to increasingly rigorous legislation on tax fraud? Where has the money gone today? Now witnesses are speaking out. Thanks to their testimonies and by relying on documents from the hard drive, we were able to conduct the investigation and trace the threads of the alleged fraud. A film by Pascal Henry Edited by Vincent Liger Broadcast on May 29, 2019 Pièces à conviction, France 3, 52' - Follow us on social networks: Facebook: / investigationsenquetes