Paris: France on Thursday said the Paris attacks are likely to have cost no more than 30,000 euros ($32,000) to organise.
The attackers financed the assault by amassing several "tiny sums" which are hard to track, notably by using prepaid credit cards, Finance Minister Michel Sapin told a news conference.
"The cost of these latest attacks, the financing of the attacks, represents a sum not exceeding 30,000 euros," Sapin said.
The French finance ministry's intelligence unit Tracfin said prepaid cards, some bought in Belgium, were used to pay for cars and apartments used by the assailants in the 48 hours preceding the attacks.
As part of efforts to improve surveillance of funds potentially used in future attack plans, France is to give Tracfin easier access to suspects' files.
The attackers financed the assault by amassing several "tiny sums" which are hard to track, notably by using prepaid credit cards, Finance Minister Michel Sapin told a news conference.
"The cost of these latest attacks, the financing of the attacks, represents a sum not exceeding 30,000 euros," Sapin said.
The French finance ministry's intelligence unit Tracfin said prepaid cards, some bought in Belgium, were used to pay for cars and apartments used by the assailants in the 48 hours preceding the attacks.
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As part of efforts to improve surveillance of funds potentially used in future attack plans, France is to give Tracfin easier access to suspects' files.
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