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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 14:44 UTC

Tag: West African state

  • Wednesday, September 19th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

    Brazilian customs impound US$ 16 million from son of African dictator

    Federal police found US$ 1.5m in cash in one bag and watches worth an estimated US$ 15m in another, O Estado de Sao Paulo reported

    The tiny West African state of Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday demanded Brazil hand back more than US$ 16m in cash and luxury watches that border officials confiscated from a delegation accompanying the president's son. Foreign Minister Simeon Oyono Esono Angue denounced the seizure as “paltry and unfriendly behavior” and demanded the items be returned, state television TVGE said.