A delegation led by the Vice President of Equatorial Guinea - Teodorin Nguema Obiang, son of the longtime president - has had $16 million worth of cash and luxury watches confiscated at an airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In October 2017, Mr Obiang was sentenced to a three year suspended sentence in France on charges of money laundering.
Tutu Alicante is Executive Director of EG Justice, an NGO which advocates for human rights in Equatorial Guinea. He explains why he thinks many people in the country won't be surprised by the latest incident.
The Embassy of Equatorial Guinea in Brazil had not replied to a request for comment at the time of publishing.
Source: BBC
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What hypocracy is this when you know that it was with a collabiration with a bank to facilitate the purchase of the buses. NDC your lies will lead you to hell. Why do you always twist the truth? These lies led you into opposition in 2016 & you have still learnt nothing.
WHAT IS SURPRISING ABOUT THIS? AFTER ALL HIS FATHER HAS BEEN RULING EQUITORIAL GUINEA FOR DECADES. COME TO GHANA AND HEAR STORIES ABOUT A PARTY EXECUTIVE MEMBER UNDER THE RULING NPP GOVERNMENT UNDER NANA AKUFUOR ADDO WHO COULD NOT EVEN PAY FOR A LOAN OF GHC2 MILLION HE TOOK FROM A BANK COULD WITHIN ONE YEAR OF HIS PARTY COMING TO POWER PURCHASE 200 BUSES WORTH OVER 12 MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL NPP CONSTITUENCIES. 12 MILLION DOLLARS JUST WITHIN ONE YEAR, INCREDIBLE YET NO RELIGIOUS LEADER BE THEY CHRISTIANS OR MOSLEMS OR ANY RECOGNISABLE STATEMAN COULD OPENLY CONDEMN IT OR ASK FOR HEADS TO ROLL.