Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, was detained by French authorities at Le Bourget airport near Paris ¹. He was arrested after disembarking from a private jet arriving from Azerbaijan and is being held due to an ongoing investigation into allegations related to terrorism, drug trafficking, and money laundering ¹. Durov holds both French and Russian citizenship ¹. The arrest follows mounting pressure from European law enforcement agencies over Telegram’s perceived lack of cooperation in combating criminal activities on its platform ¹.