In France, the Court of Cassation upheld the judgment rendered against Teodorin Obiang, the vice-president of Equatorial Guinea in the “ill-gotten gains” case.
He had been found guilty of having built up a heritage in France by embezzling the public funds of his country.
Some 150 million euros will be returned, in particular through development programs to this oil-producing country in Central Africa where the majority of inhabitants live in poverty.
A restitution which constitutes a challenge, faced with the risks of possible new diversions.
In this newspaper, the French Clarisse Agbégnénou, Olympic champion
addresses the people of Togo, their other homeland, after their Olympic victory in Judo on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Clarisse Agbégnénou, now gold medalist, was already five times world champion and Olympic vice-champion since the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.
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