Published On Wednesday, December 14, 2011. Under:
World.
The U.S. Justice Department is going after the assets of Teodorin Obiang Nguema, heir apparent to the presidency of Equatorial Guinea, one of Africa's most notorious kleptocracies. Among his toys: a $30 million estate in Malibu, private planes, luxury cars, and Michael Jackson's crystal-encrusted glove, worn on tour to promote his "Bad" album. As Obiang embarks on his own bad tour through the U.S. courts, Ken Silverstein parts the curtain on Equatorial Guinea's retinue of enablers and protectors in the United States over the years, from oil company executives to lobbying firms to the U.S. government.
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