US EditionUN court rules in favor of France in Equatorial Guinea mansion dispute
The International Court of Justice rejected Equatorial Guinea's request to prevent France from selling a mansion seized during a corruption probe involving the country's vice-president.
- The International Court of Justice rejected Equatorial Guinea's request for emergency orders to prevent France from selling a seized mansion belonging to the vice president's son.
- The $100 million+ mansion was seized during an investigation into Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue , son of the president, who was convicted of corruption and given a suspended sentence in 2021.
- The ICJ found that Equatorial Guinea did not demonstrate a plausible right to the return of the building, with the court voting 13-2 to reject the request.
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Top UN court rejects request by Equatorial Guinea to return seized Paris mansion
The UN’s top court has rejected a request by Equatorial Guinea to force the return of a Paris mansion seized by France as part of a corruption investigation into the son of the African nation’s president.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected, on Friday, 12 September, an application by Equatorial Guinea in a long-standing dispute with France concerning a Parisian mansion confiscated by the French authorities in the so-called "badly acquired property" case. Malabo had asked the ICJ to issue emergency orders in order to prevent Paris from selling the luxurious property seized in 2012.
The International Court of Justice rejected Malabo's application to prevent the sale of a Parisian mansion seized by the French authorities in 2012.
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UN court rules in favor of France in Equatorial Guinea mansion dispute
Judges at the the United Nations’ top court sided with France in a long-running legal tug-of-war with Equatorial Guinea over the sale of a mansion on one of Paris’ poshest avenues.
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ICJ backs France in Equatorial Guinea mansion row
The top UN court on Friday backed France in a long-running dispute with Equatorial Guinea over a multi-million-euro Paris mansion seized during a corruption probe into the country's vice-president.
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