French tycoon faces tax fraud charges linked to Kenya’s Ol Jogi ranch resort

A lavish holiday ranch located in Kenya’s Laikipia plains is at the heart of a multi-million euro tax evasion battle whose hearing began on Monday in a Paris court.

French authorities accuse owners of Ol Jogi Ranch – the setting for award-winning film Out of Africa – of hatching a tax fraud scheme that has cost the European nation millions of euros in uncollected taxes.