Speculation about additional videos and further implicating officials continues to grow as the investigation unfolds.
Equatorial Guinea Civil Servant’s 400+ Sex Tapes Spark Scandal. The Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF) Baltasar Engonga has been arrested amid a scandal involving over 400 sex tapes featuring prominent women, including the wives of top government officials.
The footage, allegdly filmed with consent, was found in Engonga’s personal office and has sparked outrage in the country.
The scandal surfaced amid an economic fraud probe into the 54-year-old economist.
Engonga, a powerful figure and nephew of President Teodoro Obiang Nquema Mbasogo is also under investigation for corruption after suspicious transfers of public funds to private accounts in the Cayman Islands were uncovered. The scandal, first reported by local media, includes explicit videos filmed in various locations, including government offices.
The government has suspended officials involved in inappropriate conduct and warned of strict penalties for any further violations. Equatorial Guinea’s attorney general has called for medical checks, citing health rist related to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
Speculation about additional videos and further implicating officials continues to grow as the investigation unfolds.
The scandal
The ANIF officials discovered multiple CDs that documented Baltasar Engonga’s sexual relations with prominent women, such as his brother’s wife, the president’s cousin and sister, the Director General of Police’s wife, and the spouses of over 20 ministers.
The footage, which was found in his personal office, was allegedly taken with consent and has since gone viral online, sparking a media uproar.
About Engonga
Nicknamed “Bello” on account of his good looks, Engonga is the son of Baltasar Engonga Edjo’o, the head of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) commission, and a nephew of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, as per The Africa Report.
Also an economist, the 54-year-old is the Director General of ANIF, Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency.
Among his responsibilities include directing initiatives to curb financial corruption in the nation and supervising financial investigations.
“He’s one of the country’s most powerful men, entrusted by the family with control over finances and tax administration,” a Malabo insider told the outlet.
However, Engonga came under fire for making questionable transactions from public accounts in Equatorial Guinea to private accounts in the Cayman Islands. Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, popularly known as Teodorín, began looking into these public funds transfers in October.
Teodorín viewed this as a chance to bring down Engonga, who had previously been a contender to succeed his father, President Obiang.
