Obiang has a « special » fund for kidnappings and murders of opponents, according to police | Spain

The government of Teodoro Obiang NguemaPresident of Equatorial Guinea, since 2005 has a “special fund” for kidnappings and murders of opponents in Europe, according to a report by the General Information Commissioner of the Spanish Police. The National Court investigates the kidnapping and torture of four opponents residing in Madrid and dictated the International Search and Capture Order of his alleged perpetrators: a son of the dictator, the Minister of the Interior and the General Director of Security of the Presidency.

« The General Police Station handles information that aims to the existence of a special fund created in 2005 to cover the kidnapping and murder of opponents in exile. » The overwhelming phrase about Obiang's persecution of his opponents abroad is reflected in a police report, to which the country has had access. The document has been sent to the Central Court of Instruction number five of the National Court that investigates this case of terrorism.

The agents secretly investigate the existence of this fund and its use in cases of attempted murder and kidnapping that occurred in Spain. Among them, that of the businessman and opponent Germán Pedro Volowhich in 2005 suffered A frustrated attempt at murder that his brother Manuel almost costs his life. Two Colombian hitmen hired by two Spaniards residing in Equatorial Guinea confused him with the opponent and stabbed him at the door of his house in Alcorcón (Madrid).

Police refers to the numerous cases of kidnappings and Murder attempts perpetrated by that regime and defines them as « more typical of organized crime than of a political organization that has attributed the government of a country. » Since 1997 34 dissidents have been abducted by the secret service of the dictatormost exiled in Europe. And it emphasizes that International Transparency places the old Spanish colony as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

The opinion analyzes a report of the capital laundering prevention service (SEPBLAC) on the accounts and the movement of money in metallic in Spain of Carmelo Ovono, aka Didi, Secretary of State, Vice Minister of Foreign and Principal Security involved in the investigation he instructs Judge Santiago Pedraz.

The SEPBLAC, a financial intelligence unit dependent on the Secretary of State for Economics, issued a confidential report in which he revealed that Ovone Obiang used a person of his confidence to introduce 793,000 euros into Spain in tickets 200 euros and enter them in an account at the BBVA. The Son of the Satrap received, in addition, transfers from a Guinean bank for 300,000 euros. In just 10 months he moved 1,100,000 euros, whose origin is unknown. The Bank's compliance department warned of these movements and He blocked one of his accounts before the suspicion of a possible money laundering.

The police report indicates that these movements have not been able to prove its use in payments of this kidnapping, but adds that the management of large amounts of cash « is absolutely compatible with the payments made to execute surveillance to opponents, considered these as preparatory acts for kidnapping. » The Guinean government hired 15 detective offices Private in Madrid to spy on opposition members who were kidnapped in South Sudan, transferred to Malabo and tortured in jail. Julio Obama, 61one of the kidnapped, died in circumstances that have not been clarified. Police have identified a high Guinean security charge as the person who paid 35,000 euros in Madrid for espionage detectives.

Money in bags

Police investigators conclude that Ovono has managed with their surroundings « notable amounts of money in cash », that this money has been used to « significantly enrich » their heritage in Spain and that « the situation of risk of money laundering is such that there are even preventive blockages prior to the judicial » in their accounts in the BBVA. Police points to Guinean lawyer Erick Mercader Penda as the key man in the introduction of money and ensures that Spanish Society Detck Edita Brothers SL « seems to be instrumentalized for the purpose of hiding and deriving remarkable amounts of money including the use of tax havens. » Ovono created this instrumental society without Marbella headquarters.

It also focuses on the purchase of five high -end cars for 350,000 euros and in the acquisition of a floor in Barcelona, ​​along with two garage seats. A house that produces rental income in charge of a company called Orion Mobility LLC, established in Delaware, considered a fiscal paradise in the heart of the United States. The police doubt that Frank Sms, the name of the alleged tenant, is real. For agents, the explanations Ovone Oviag gave to the bank about the use of the money he introduced in Spain are « unlikely. »

Spanish residence

The son of the Guinean president is 46 years old, he was the first head of the Special Forces of Bata and obtained the residence in Spain in 2020. He is married to a Spanish and has a daughter. I lived between Marbella and Malabo Until Judge Santiago Pedraz transferred the complaint of the families of the kidnapped and resigned to stop him. Since then he has not returned to Spain. To obtain the resident certificate, he presented an account with a balance of 431,378 euros in the BBVA.

In their report, the agents understand that there are « strong indications » of crimes of money laundering and corruption of the son of Obiang, of his collaborator Erick Mercader, the man who introduced in Spain bags with the 793,000 euros and of the aforementioned instrumental company with headquarters in Marbella.

At the request of the Police and by order of the Criminal Chamber of the National Court, Judge Pedraz has sent to the Dean of the Courts of Marbella this report and that of the SEPBLAC in case that jurisdiction considers the opening of previous proceedings against Carmelo Ovone Oviag for the crimes of international corruption and money laundering. Previously, Pedraz had issued cars in which he said he did not appreciate indications of money laundering in the revenue of the Guinean high position.

Despite the order of search and capture and in his status as head of foreign security, Carmelo Ovono has accompanied his father in his last trips to Russia and China.