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UN court rejects request to return seized Paris mansion

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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.

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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
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