Equatorial Guinea: President's Son Convicted of Laundering Millions
October 29, 2017
October 29, 2017
PARIS, Oct. 29 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
A Parisian court on October 27, 2017, convicted the president of Equatorial Guinea's eldest son in absentia of embezzling tens of millions of euro from his government and laundering the proceeds in France.
The court handed down a three-year suspended jail sentence and a suspended Euros30 million (US$35 million) fine for Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as Teodorin, who is also Equatorial Gui . . .
A Parisian court on October 27, 2017, convicted the president of Equatorial Guinea's eldest son in absentia of embezzling tens of millions of euro from his government and laundering the proceeds in France.
The court handed down a three-year suspended jail sentence and a suspended Euros30 million (US$35 million) fine for Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, known as Teodorin, who is also Equatorial Gui . . .