11 luxury vehicles and sports cars belonging to Teodorin Obiang Nguema, son of Equatorial Guinea’s president and vice president of the country have been confiscated by Swiss authorities.
Nguema's Porsche, Bugatti and Ferraris seized by Swiss authorities
The move forms part of a preliminary investigation into alleged corruption. According to an investigative journalist with the L’Hebdo news portal, Francois Pilet, the seizure of the vehicles was in the Swiss capital, Geneva on Monday October 31, 2016.
According to spokesman of the Geneva prosecutor’s office, Henri Della Casa, the cars belonging to Teodorin were impounded specifically in the freight zone at Geneva’s airport.
L’Hebdo displayed photos of the impounded fleet of fast cars which include a Bugatti Veyron, a Porsche 918 Spyder and several models of the Ferrari F12.
Bad day for a dictator: Teodorin Obiang just lost his 11 supercars hidden at Geneva airport https://t.co/8sPbOtg926 pic.twitter.com/GZ1LcQEoA9— François Pilet (@FrancoisPilet) November 3, 2016