Anti-Corruption Complaint Brought Against Three African Presidents in France

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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
25
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 
On December 2, 2008, Transparency International France, the SHERPA Association, other non-governmental organizations, and a Gabonese citizen announced the filing of a complaint with “civil party petition” against three African Presidents, Presidents Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Denis Sassou-Nguesso of the Congo Republic and Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, and several of their associates, alleging them of acquiring luxury homes in France with embezzled public money...[more]