France suspected of embezzlement of African presidents.

The Paris court has begun a preliminary inquiry in respect of the presidents of three African countries that are suspected of embezzlement of funds for personal use. On Tuesday, 5 May, reports Reuters referring to the Paris prosecutor's office.
The investigation was initiated at the request of the Paris branch of the international organization Transparency International, which is the plaintiff in this case.
As the defendants were the presidents of Gabon, the Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea, Omar Bongo, Denis Sasu-Ngeso (Denis Sassou-Nguesso) and Teodoro Nguema Mbasogo Obiyanga (Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo).
In 2007, the heads of these three states already have the attention of French law enforcement authorities. Then they found that presidents and their families belong to dozens of multimillion-dollar accounts in euro in French banks, a few mansions in Paris and the Riviera, as well as expensive cars stamps "Bugatti, Ferrari, Maybach, Mazeratti" and " Rolls-Royce. "
Publication of this information in the French press led to the Republic of Congo has expressed formal protest to Paris.
In this preliminary investigation, which shall determine the existence of a crime, the Paris prosecutor's office made by the defendants, stating an intention to challenge the process, said the agency.
The complexity of this case is that if the investigation is closed, this will give reason to believe that exerted pressure on the court's Paris, which has long enjoyed friendly relations with the leaders of Gabon and the Republic of Congo, Reuters explains the situation. In the same case, if the cause would still move, it might spoil the relationship of France to these countries, which threatens the loss of local contracts several French companies, including Total.
According to the agency, the investigation has become a precedent, because the earlier case of misappropriation of funds against the incumbent president not to initiate.