"The African country filed a case at the International Court of Justice in 2022, alleging France is violating international law by refusing to return assets seized during a corruption investigation into Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, a vice president of Equatorial Guinea and the son of long-serving President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mbasogo. Equatorial Guinea asked the court for a series of urgent orders, known as provisional measures, to return the swanky mansion on one of Paris's most prestigious streets, Avenue Foch,"
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Judges at the United Nations' top court sided with France in a long-running dispute with Equatorial Guinea over a Paris mansion on Avenue Foch. Equatorial Guinea filed a case at the International Court of Justice in 2022 alleging France violated international law by refusing to return assets seized during a corruption probe into Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, son of the long-serving president. Equatorial Guinea sought provisional measures to secure the return of the mansion and to prevent its sale. France confiscated the property in 2021 as part of the investigation. The presiding judge found Equatorial Guinea had not demonstrated a plausible right to the building. French lawyers strongly rejected the need for provisional measures, telling judges no sale was imminent.
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