we're working hard to keep this out of the press

07:04 Mar 28, 2012 

Is it the police? I would assume so, from your explanation in French, but the best translation might be a little different if the "we" refers to the victim or their entourage. The police have ways of preventing the press publishing certain material whereas members of the public are more restricted (though famous, rich and influential people find ways that are closed to the ordinary man in the street).

08:17 Mar 27, 2012 

My understanding of this term would be "to stop this appearing in the papers" (or on telly, of course!)

I think turning it round and suggesting "keeping the press out of it" does rather subtly change the tenor of the remark.

The idea is not entirely "to stop the press finding out about it" (they're bound to!), but rather more, to prevent them publishing about it — by persuasion, coercion, or maybe even injunction.