San Marino seizes $19m from Congo dictator who spent $100,000 on crocodile shoes

[TomSea]

San Marino is a tiny country, actually inside Italy I believe.

San Marino seizes $19m from Congo dictator who spent $100,000 on crocodile shoes
Nick Squires
The Telegraph12 September 2019


Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris to meet with his French counterpart on september 3 - AFP

The tiny republic of San Marino has confiscated €19 million (£17 million) stashed in its banks by one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders.

The money was allegedly deposited by Denis Sassou Nguesso, the president of the Republic of Congo, the former French colony also known as Congo-Brazzaville.

The seizure of the money by authorities in San Marino, which covers just 23 square miles and is entirely surrounded by Italy, followed an investigation into money laundering.

Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/san-marino-seizes-19m-congo-170951706.html

There's 2 countries with "Congo" in the name, I think this must be the much smaller one, Republic of Congo.

That much for shoes? What a buzzard, who pays that much for shoes. Sheesh...

[Smokin Joe]

San Marino is a tiny country, actually inside Italy I believe.

There's 2 countries with "Congo" in the name, I think this must be the much smaller one, Republic of Congo.

That much for shoes? What a buzzard, who pays that much for shoes. Sheesh...

Yep. This is the Republic of Congo, not the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The latter is larger and is experiencing an Ebola outbreak.