France: Why is Theodorin Obiang, the son Equatorial Guinea's president, on trial in Paris?
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The verdict in the trial of the wealthy son of Equatorial Guinea’s president is due in Paris on Friday morning. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, ‘Teodorin’ for short, is accused of misusing taxpayers’ money back home to fund multi-million euro spending sprees in France. He denies the allegations and his lawyers say France is interfering in its former colony’s internal affairs. Check out this video to find out what Teodorin is accused of and follow @clairepf24 as she waits for the verdict at Paris’ central courthouse
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FINALLY. Someone has to do something about this guy and the situation in his country
i feel bad for the people of equitorial guniea, a rich land but empty pockets
Starving people..
In West Africa if you decide to build a school or take on a federal road project abandoned by the federal government you still have to pay taxes for doing it on behalf of that government. Doesn't make sense but only to a corrupt government.
Master, west Africa is made up 16 countries and mine is not part of the tax system you mentioned
@@agbekoandrew4112 yes, master
same to kenya
@@crazyweb9605 can you cite incidences?
@@Kenyan_Zoomer Syokimau ask the residence there
That's my country, and I wish as sooner as possible, the corruption must be eradicated at all.
Inbox
Revolution is the way
No justice they just want a piece of cake 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s because he is not sharing his stolen goods with them like other politicians do in all other Francophone countries🤣
Equatorial Guinea is a poor country that this African vice President and his father is responsible for , yet they keep stealing from the people.
Yepp! That's it
Equatorial Guinea isnt a francophone state its a the only spanish speaking country in africa
Yep maybe if the join the EU to replace the billions we wasted there, they'll turn a blind eye!
Yup!
i bet if the court wins the money will not reach the citizen but their own damn pockets
Yusof Johan how is the money supposed to reach the people of Guinea exactly smartass?
Of course not. It's staying in France where the trial is taking place.
I bet 100%
Overreach by the colonial masters. Very rich for them to judge, when they've ravaged franco west african countries.
@@supernova8506 Equatorial Guinea was a Spanish colony, not French.
Funny, the armed robber is convicting a pickpocket..😁
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha nigute..
I feel this comment, Dedan
"Let us show u how it's done..... but don't u dare do it too!"
What about the wealth of Paul Biya of Cameroon?
His daughter and entire entourage own properties in France. Why not seize them as well?
Countries where these thugs hide their loot should freeze their assets and keep them for the people of equatorial Guinea. This is an embarrassment to the continent,and this guy and his family have no sense of shame.
What jurisdiction does France have over Equatorial Guinea? If you think the funds will ever reach the average citizen you've exposed your ignorance of the geopolitical landscape......
@@supernova8506 worth a try, perhaps just to awaken some sense of moral responsibility. This guy and his father have robbed the country blind while kids use streetlamps to study at night because they have no electricity at home and mountains of rubbish flank the streets, these creeps retreat to their mansions in france. Its despicable
They rarely return the loot unless under unfavorable terms
He is no different than many of our congressmen and senators here in America. Though our poor are more well off than Equatorial Guinea's poor they should have that same energy for Western politicians who blatantly abuse their positions.
Stephen,hi there😃
I agree with your sentiment and Respect your opinion,the truth is that over here in Africa most countries are third world countries and our leaders are so corrupt it's not even even funny, no jobs for the youth,no infrastructure that's actually making Sense,for example here in my country Kenya our sewer system was the one queenElizabeth put these people don't care. We live in a country where on one of the news segment a lady in one of the cities called Mombasa(the coast) a lady was on t.v being arrested for boiling stones in a pot for days lying to the children she's boiling food because she has no food to provide. They arrested her.then there's a governor's(Anne Waiguru) son whose 23 or something driving an Aston Martin in the same country.🙄
Too many lefties on these threads. Always the west fault
US congress members cannot have critics tortured and murdered.
@@gibson2675 how’s it not after signing a deal to only pay 12% of oil revenue to the richest country in oil in the world ? Needs 2 parts to play that thieves game
You are so right. I really like your comment. Africans will dispute this because the media has made them feel senators and congress men and women are better their leaders. Ask Mitch etc.
That’s why I will always remember my president .john magufuli from Tanzania, no body dared to steal poor peoples money for his own interest
Samia will sell you to the east Africa capitalist
That's why he was killed
What Jurisdiction France has over Equatorial Guinea? If there is a case it should be seen by international court.
I am happy they confiscated his assets. His family are evil, how can they live like this while poverty ran rampant in Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶?
Samson g exactly what I was thinking a legal business in another country proven by the president. Another country can't stop someone from having nice things...
Listen .. as an African, l think France must invade that place.
@@patmtc477 I dunno, man. France doesn't have the best track record when it comes to fighting wars.
Most of the properties are in France that's why. The stolen embezzled public funds was spent on france.
lovely stuff... Thanks a bunch for this. :)
Somebody in France didn't get their cut.
i wish they would do the same for some few kenyans that have stashed taxpayers money in Europe
Yeah invite france so they take your resources. why you african love the white men so much. Always want thr whitemen help to destroyed your country.
@@Geordany7788
Kenya doesn't do business with France.
How priggish!! When they sold him all those luxury things in the first place and "could not see" then that he was using stolen money🤔🤔🤔
America and Europe have done this same thing forever now. 😂😂😂
Hasn't frances been doing the same for the last +400 years?
Last time i checked France wasn't equatorial Guinea....how about you let the people decide what they should do their government and mind your own business
Not that I support what he is doing but does France have the right to put him on trial?
Well you won't......so?
The 100 he has bought properties in France with the money he's diverted in Guinea, that's money laundering on French soil so they can charge him
E. guinea was spanish colony
Just like drug dealers they sieze there assets that are in the country
@@morenitomoreno1282 the irony is no one is talking about the poor contract given to the guinea government for there oil by Exxon
His lawyer seem to know nothing about history. It is a former Spanish colony not a French one.
All these European countries have a huge role to play in why the world is what it is right now! Remember folks it wasn’t that long ago!!
As always, no responsibility, its the coloniser's fault. Do you ever hear South Korea whinning about Japan raping their country a few decades ago?
And it will always be that way if you live in the past
More marxist excuses for African despots why
Pls ..what nonsense is this. Stop blaming white pple for everything. This rotten dictator is doing this to his people. I think they were better off under French colonial rule
"its europeans fault that our current rulers steal and are corrupt even tho they invaded hundreds of years ago" LOL
And who's going to be in control of giving the money back to the people? Every adult should be given a portion of it.
Thats the problem of my belofed africa, leaders only think about them self and there familie.
What jurisdiction that france have to judge equatorial guinea leader?? They even not a former french colony
Alyasa Nashar Rahmansyah This hero of yours has acquired a vast amount of properties in France. Given it could be black money and later could be used for international criminal charges, France have to act on it before he buys the whole town of France and they are also dragged into it for complying with a shameless corrupt criminal.
Rosh Louis " it could " but it isnt how do you know its from black money or from his salary or his business ,,
Alyasa Nashar Rahmansyah Its a quick and simple maths. His own salary cannot amount to a million in a year, yet he has a multi million properties in the heart of Paris.
Rosh Louis he invested it in various firm, no adult in the world only depend on it salary or its wage, this is france trying to become matters again, time has changed , if he given a guilty verdict , it doesnt change anything..
A French nationality maybe?.
Is that money taken back
Or it will stay in France 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you France
What do they do with the confiscated properties ??? That is worrisome. They should do a fair justice by returning those to the nation. Be it with some charities, NGO. .....
Show me a politician who has been in office for more than a decade and I'll show you a career criminal, regardless of the country.
What is the jurisdiction of france over equitorial guinea? Just curious
What do you mean? This is in France.
He is enjoying the benefits of living in France with money that could have developed Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶. I think France 🇫🇷 did well, so that next time he will think of residing in his country so that he can think of improving it.
He's got rights to the country's timber industry.
That timber belongs to the country and anyone using it for their own interests is wrong.
The Big question is .. why is his hair processed to be straight .. he should go to jail for this .. hahahahaha
He wants to be white
Lock him up
I am From Germany🇩🇪.. I was living in South Africa..and I have seen many Horrible things.. That I can't describe..!!!
Some people are living like Kings..others ask for a Bread🥖
Yes this Africa !!!
Easy for you say rubbish. When western Europe can sabotage African countries.
@@rodrozil6544 ??
I come from Gwalior, a city in India. Generally, everywhere, in Indian culture, a politician or anyone flashing money or even being disconnected from general public will just bring in straight disrespect to the face.
Might as well go to the extent of being beaten up weekly on the road in road rage maybe.
If planned immigration of just 1000 individuals from equally political cities like mine, where people are ground to earth, frustrated too with limited opportunities, are sent to these states of Africa. I can we can take over the whole nation in some 5-15 years and build the country likewise. It has to be a minimal and controlled effort, the 1000 people must be well trained in university like system and chosen to do good.
How can they can be rich while western meddling in internal affairs
Life in Prison!
Then take every penny given back to the People!
Every African leader who is dealing with foreign Governments must be rooted out of Africa.
They must all be removed!
This has always happened and always will happen
Prof Lumumba once said, Corruption has killed more people than Civil Wars. Imagine looting the least we have, probably we as citizens we would not survive:
People's power will bring him down
Give the people the money, from a big sale and bank accounts etc. Do this for all leaders..
Lol...where is the Micheal Jackson glove?.😂😂😂
Cool....now go after Queen Elizabeth and her whole lot!!! Really people?
Maybe he didnt allow something for france in Equitorial Guinea and so this is a comeback at him.
They want oil since the Americans are the only ones mining it there
Remember what Ho Chi Minh told us the 🇮🇳ns, he said: "had you people been ruled by the French, you wouldn't have even thought of a non-violent struggle for independence" and he was right, 🇭🇹 proved this in 1804 itself but Haitians were enslaved till 1947
We were... Actually many pockets of India were under French rule for varying periods of time. French had all the desire to make India their colony. It's just that they lost most of it to English in Anglo-French wars.
I think pondicherry was all they could hold off till the very end of colonialism in India.
The guy's more spoiled than a pitcher of milk after a month in the jungle
All countries should follow France in this instance
What is going to happen to the assets, how will France pass on the ceased assets to the people of Equatorial Guinea?
No. They're going to keep the money for themselves.
Why would they do that? It would end up right back in the hands of those clowns in the government.
Equatorial Guinea has the highest disparity in the world of GDP per capita and individual income. This basically means that ALL the money generated is being hoarded by a few rich individuals. People can complain about corruption in other countries but literally no other country in the World is as corrupt as Equatorial Guinea
Consider the president of angola amass wealth of between 20 to 30 billion$, which is mind boggling.
Mais quelle honte , des deux côtés.....France en premier .
Maybe they should target the oil Giant Exxon mobile who is only paying them 12% of the oil money 💰 instead of 60% which is the industry low!! Hypocrites.
God help us all
0:11 That's a Sharpe car
Please when are they coming to Ghana.. 🇬🇭
Well . Guinea does have lots of gold
In other words the money should be going to the French govt via the franca instead of this man spending it
I didn't know France has jurisdiction in Africa
Haha than you just a naïve person
Its the proverbial case of the French pot calling the Guinean kettle black...
FRENCHMEN TALKING ABOUT ETHICS? their former colonies in africa are the poorest due to france supporting the puppets.anyone knows haiti?
A typical African talk...as usual.
*How much is his monthly salary from being a vice president?! Does he has businesses?! How and when did he amass all these properties?! What was he before becoming a vice president?! If comparing the money earned to the money released during the time he acquired all these luxuries, is it justifiable?!*
who was clapping again??
🇧🇩🇿🇦 I'm watching from my Bangladesh Comilla Daudkandi Taltoli 🇧🇩
that's interfering
Of course he is driving a car like that. You think he son of an impoverished nation would exercise a little modesty.
Good job seizing the assets bcz they should use the money to help poor people in poverty in the country...😮😮😮
People who earned their money hardly spend it this way.
They didn't pay the brittish crown
Oh dear - you can dress a pig in silk but it will still grunt !
France never stop coloniz i africa
his hairdo reflects what is in the skull
He's trying to imitate the European White males, signs of self hate.
Idk why he love France so much. I been to Paris it's not that nice..
Sad stealing from public
He is stealing guinea equatorial people money
It’s terrible. Why let your people starve while you live in luxury
Who gave France the AUTHORITY to prosecute African leaders in Equatorial Guinea and Rwanda ?
Whatever power any Nation and its court has, is acording to its own local constitution not universal.
He chose to live in France
Neo colonialnism
The kind of excuse could only from mouth of loony left such the blm and antifac.
@@khez_ he chose to live there but has a legal business the president of that country approves of it and I'm sure so do there local collection offices it's not illegal
France can do whar ever it wants they are black and the French will always rule them. Without Europeans they will be dead.
Why aren’t you really going after the Bongos, the Sassou Nguessos, the Biyas? And many others in Africa and Europe? Even in Nigeria. You are hypocrites.
so he's fighting to convince the that his wealth is from legal practice. What does he do in life that made him so rich? he looks like a clown.
😡😠
C'est un bon. Il s'est baffré complet
Eti limetia kalikiti kabisa hili jitu jeusi ili lionekane lifaransa....Shame on you President's son "Teddy " while your fellow citizens suffer the most...and you're busy living lavishly. ...Poor you than the rest in Equatorial Guinea...🇹🇿🇹🇿
After the fall of khadaffy.libyan provisional govt discover $179 Billion is missing .just mind boggling.
Lovers of vanity their souls are in the hands of the devil no love for the people of the country
I'm from the Caribbean and this typical behaviour of African leaders is one of the major reasons I have no time at all for Africans.
You probably from Trinidad or Guyana where racism is prevalent.
Please give them another chance. African needs help from the caribbeans. 😃 Pathetic
't derek452 Most of us just want to leave the Africans alone. We don't want to get messed in their business.
Haat Praat bulshit
No. Jamaican.
I WANT TO KNOW IF HIS COUNTRY BELONG TO FRANCE? IF NOT WHY FRANCE IS TAKING HIM TO COURT? CAN AFRICANS COUNTRY'S TAKE FRANCE TO COURT FOR WHAT THEY DID TO AFRICA COUNTRY'S AND STILL GOING ON ,I DON'T SUPPORT WHAT HE'S DOING BUT HE MUST BE TRIAL IN HE'S OWN COUNTRY.
No, its an ex spanish colony
the prince is wrong, but it is not for france a to step in, they need to worry about them, and let his people hamdle that.
Think twice next time when donating money to some turbo corrupted countrys like Equatorial Guinea . Just remember what happened in 1985. with famous 'Live Aid' music festival. Dont ever donate money to any african country, they are all corrupted to the bone, they are even worse then western countrys.
ROBBERS, not president!
Cant keep.blaming europe.and colonialism
Good now we need the same effort to help others starting with Palestine & Uyghur 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Pourquoi ne pas investir dans son pays?
Probably it's must be a European country benefiting from it
Interesting
Total wants a piece of the oil. thats all this is real about.
He took a rupee. France 🇫🇷 billions …
Teodoro and France should be in jail for everything they have stolen from the Afrikan people.
Ok , this is how the entire African continent has been ran..
It came out of franco regime
This from a country with stolen property from all the islands they colonized.
While there people starve beyond poverty.like most dictators murders
France has no right to try anyone