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Paris tribunal correctionnel convicts Teodorín and orders confiscation of seized French property

On 27 October 2017 the Paris tribunal correctionnel convicted Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue in absentia of laundering the proceeds of misuse of corporate assets, public-fund diversion, breach of trust and corruption. It imposed three years’ imprisonment suspended and ordered confiscation of seized French property. In the causal graph this event strengthens Obiang resource kleptocracy, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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On 27 October 2017 the Paris tribunal correctionnel convicted Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue in absentia of laundering the proceeds of misuse of corporate assets, public-fund diversion, breach of trust and corruption. It imposed three years’ imprisonment suspended and ordered confiscation of seized French property.

Context

Obiang is president. Teodorín was the defendant. The tribunal sat. Sharing a household is not a reason to write that Obiang was convicted in Paris.

2014 DOJ; 27 October 2017 TGI; 10 February 2020 appeal. Keep dates. Keep Paris tribunal correctionnel convicts Teodorín and orders confiscation of seized French property on 2017-10-27 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 French first-instance conviction and confiscation order against the vice-president son.

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 was the defendant. The tribunal judged. Sharing a household is not a reason to drop the judgment from this presidency’s file.

What changed

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

    1. FactParis tribunal correctionnel convicts Teodorín and orders confiscation of seized French property
    2. strengthensDriverObiang resource kleptocracy
    3. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 1 · Effect from 27 October 2017 · verified

    A completed 2017 Paris conviction of 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 tribunal correctionnel convicts Teodorín and orders confiscation of seized French property
    2. strengthensDriverInstitutional Corruption
    3. strengthensIndicators (3)Political corruption index
    Worsening path

    impact weight 1 · Effect from 27 October 2017 · verified

    A completed French biens-mal-acquis conviction is a dated strengthening of institutional corruption.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Mediapart — Biens mal acquis: the Obiang judgment, 27 October 2017Mediapart · 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 (chronology of the French court file) carries the official instrument or communique. Mediapart records the same dated act independently.

Established: The Paris TGI convicted Teodorín on 27 October 2017 and ordered confiscation of seized French property.

Teodorín was the defendant. The tribunal judged. Sharing a household is not a reason to drop the judgment 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 tribunal correctionnel convicts Teodorín and orders confiscation of seized French property, not a later speech about Paris tribunal correctionnel convicts Teodorín and orders confiscation of seized French property.

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 was the defendant. The tribunal 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 tribunal correctionnel convicts Teodorín and orders confiscation of seized French property
  3. strengthensDrivers (2)Obiang resource kleptocracy
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Paris tribunal correctionnel convicts Teodorín and orders confiscation of seized French property. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gq-paris-teodorin-2017

https://factrail.ai/facts/gq-paris-teodorin-2017

Accessed 17 October 2026.

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