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Paris Court of Appeal confirms Teodorín conviction and makes €30 million fine payable

On 10 February 2020 the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed Teodorín’s conviction and the confiscation of his seized French property and converted the first-instance suspended €30 million fine into a payable fine. 27 October 2017 TGI; 10 February 2020 appeal; 28 July 2021 cassation. In the causal graph this event strengthens Obiang resource kleptocracy, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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On 10 February 2020 the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed Teodorín’s conviction and the confiscation of his seized French property and converted the first-instance suspended €30 million fine into a payable fine.

Context

Obiang is president. Teodorín was the appellant. The court sat.

27 October 2017 TGI; 10 February 2020 appeal; 28 July 2021 cassation. Keep dates. Keep Paris Court of Appeal confirms Teodorín conviction and makes €30 million fine payable on 2020-02-10 separate from neighbouring Obiang instruments.

The president of Equatorial Guinea is head of state and commander-in-chief. He does not sit as a Paris correctional judge, a US district-court clerk, or a Cour de cassation panel. He was not the named defendant in the US settlement or the French biens-mal-acquis judgments; his son was.

Why it matters

The path is institutional corruption: a completed appeal that made the €30 million fine payable.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    verified

    He is president. Teodorín appealed. The court judged. Sharing a household is not a reason to drop the appeal from this presidency’s file.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactParis Court of Appeal confirms Teodorín conviction and makes €30 million fine payable
    2. strengthensDriverObiang resource kleptocracy
    3. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 1 · Effect from 10 February 2020 · verified

    A completed 2020 Paris appeal against the vice-president son is a dated strengthening of the resource-kleptocracy driver.

    • Having a say in government

      via Obiang resource kleptocracy

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.85 (weight 1 × strength 0.85)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    1. FactParis Court of Appeal confirms Teodorín conviction and makes €30 million fine payable
    2. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
    Worsening path

    impact weight 1 · Effect from 10 February 2020 · verified

    A completed payable €30 million fine is a dated strengthening of institutional corruption.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.OCCRP — France: What To Do With Funds Seized From Corrupt Foreigners?, 18 February 2020OCCRP · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Sherpa — 27 October 2017 Paris TGI condemnation in the Equatorial Guinea biens-mal-acquis fileSherpa (chronology of the French court file) · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Sherpa carries the official instrument or communique. OCCRP records the same dated act independently.

Established: The Paris Court of Appeal confirmed conviction and confiscation on 10 February 2020 and made a €30 million fine payable.

Teodorín appealed. The court judged. Sharing a household is not a reason to drop the appeal from this presidency’s file.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Paris Court of Appeal confirms Teodorín conviction and makes €30 million fine payable, not a later speech about Paris Court of Appeal confirms Teodorín conviction and makes €30 million fine payable.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He is president. Teodorín appealed. The court judged. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
  2. contributed toFactParis Court of Appeal confirms Teodorín conviction and makes €30 million fine payable
  3. strengthensDrivers (2)Obiang resource kleptocracy
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Paris Court of Appeal confirms Teodorín conviction and makes €30 million fine payable. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gq-paris-appeal-2020

https://factrail.ai/facts/gq-paris-appeal-2020

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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