CASE OF ILL GOTTEN GAINS ! AFFAIRE DES BIEN MAL ACQUIS !
English version On July 27, 2026, the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) issued its final indictment request in the Gabonese branch of the ill-gotten gains case, requesting that 23 individuals and legal entities be referred to the Paris criminal court. Five companies, BNP Paribas and four real estate companies, and 18 individuals, including children of Omar Bongo, but also the wife of the current president of Congo, Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, as well as former Miss France Sonia Rolland. French justice estimates at around 85 million euros the real estate assets acquired in France that were financed with embezzled public funds. In this case, 52 fraudulently acquired properties have already been seized. The PNF is requesting that BNP Paribas, under formal investigation since May 2021, be referred for aggravated money laundering, notably of corruption offenses and embezzlement of public funds. The French bank is accused of having allowed the Bongo family and their associates...