Why was a Paris mansion seized?
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A Paris mansion was seized by French authorities as part of a corruption investigation into Theodora Ngema Obiangmange, son of Equatorial Guinea's president, who was convicted in 2017 for embezzling public funds.
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UN court rejects request to return seized Paris mansion
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- The International Court of Justice rejected Equatorial Guinea's request to return a Paris mansion seized by France.
- The property was confiscated during a corruption investigation into the president's son. 13s
- The court found Equatorial Guinea did not have a plausible right to the building under the cited UN convention. 31s
- Theodora Ngema Obiangmange was convicted in 2017 for embezzling public money and received a suspended sentence. 1m 3s
- Equatorial Guinea filed the case in 2022, arguing France was obliged to return the assets. 1m 18s
