In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

A string of offshore companies with no identified owner have been linked to transactions within the presidential couple's entourage. All were incorporated by the same financiers who also happen to be associates of Gabon's sovereign wealth fund. [...]
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Gabonese President Ali Bongo getting off his plane during a visit to Beijing, 2018.
Gabonese President Ali Bongo getting off his plane during a visit to Beijing, 2018. © Jin Liwang/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP
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