The EU launches its largest investigation into dictator Teodoro Obiang and his nephew Melchor Esono Edjo
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Part I. MELCHOR ESONO EDJO AVOMO, NEPHEW OF DICTATOR OBIANG. ACTIVITIES, ACCOMPLICES AND COVER-UPS.
1. MELCHOR ESONO EDJO is one of the main people investigated by the UNITED STATES government for MONEY LAUNDERING AND CORRUPTION as stated in the attached Report: Application and effectiveness of the Patriot Act. Study of the Riggs Case, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate. (SEE REF. IN ANNEX).
(Original title: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FOREIGN CORRUPTION: ENFORCEMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PATRIOT ACT Hearing Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, Volume 4. 1578 pages)
2. MELCHOR ESONO EDJO, appears in the aforementioned report in 39 PAGES, with copies of documents, bank accounts, shell companies, as well as his signature on the documents; a detailed exposition of the (qualified by the American authorities) CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND CORPORATIONS INVOLVED (pages 217 to 235).
3. THE REPORT OF THE VALENCIA LAW FACULTY. July 2022. 259 PAGES (SEE ANNEX) exhaustively details the fraudulent activities of MELCHOR ESONO EDJO, profusely detailed in 25 sections of the report, including schemes to launder huge amounts of money, bank accounts, FRONT COMPANIES (in Spain and outside Spain), as well as their FRONT MEN, BANKS (the main Spanish ones, Santander, La Caixa), etc.
4. FRONT COMPANIES AND FRONT MEN OF MELCHOR ESONO EDJO IN SPAIN.
4.1 FRAMEN CONSULTORES SL, B84706092, with registered office at Calle Luchana 40, 28010 Madrid. Sole Administrator FRANCISCO MENENDEZ RUBIO (Sole Administrator in four other companies of MELCHOR ESONO EDJO, in Spain). On page 53 of the Report of the University of Valencia, it is stated:
«In order to introduce the funds in Spain, which exceed 21 million euros, this businessman (FRANCISCO MENENDEZ RUBIO) invoiced unreal services. To this end, he used the company FRAMEN Consultores, whose accounting records claim to have invoiced the million-dollar figure to CÁNDIDO NSUÉ OKOMO, a relative of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, and to companies such as the National Petroleum Company of Equatorial Guinea (Gepetrol), Geoex International Limited, BHP Engineering Construction, Moswen Resources, Falconara Limited, Xuan Energy Limited and Boway Holding».
«It is important to note that it also had part of its journey in the National Court. A ruling from the National Court accuses businessman FRANCISCO MENÉNDEZ RUBIO, known as the "big money launderer" of the Equatorial Guinea dictatorship (pages 53 and 54 of the University of Valencia Report.)
4.2 SOCIEDAD DE SERVICIOS Y GESTIÓN SL (SSG), with NIF DE EMPRESA NON-RESIDENT IN SPAIN, NIF N3101097H, and registered office located in the city of Malabo, Km. 5 of the Airport Highway, in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. We hereby acknowledge the presence of its legal consultancy office, DOMUS Abogados, SLP, located at 20 Conde de Aranda Street, 4th Floor, Right, 28001 Madrid.
4.3 MAK ZONE INTERNATIONAL SL, with NIF B73723611, and registered office at Calle Fragua 6, 28529 Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Madrid), with FRANCISCO SANCHEZ DOÑORO as the front administrator, and MELCHOR ESONO EDJO AVOMO as the representative and real owner. Registration details: T 33891, F 105, S 8, HM 609887, I/A 4 (3.03.16).
4.4 EUROCONDAL SHIPPING SA, NIF A63503940, with registered office at Calle Vila I Vila, 19, 08004 Barcelona, with ANDRES QUEROL MATEO as the (front) president, and MELCHOR ESONO EDJO AVOMO as the director and real owner.
4.5 INVERSIONES LLAVANERA SL, NIF B86290475, with registered office at Calle Velázquez Nomero 94, 1º Planta, 28006 Madrid, with Francisco Menendez Rubio as its president (screen).
4.6 KEEP PAINTING SL, B85709731, with registered office at C/ Narváez 7, 28009 Madrid, with Francisco Menendez Rubio as its president (screen).
4.7 TUCANE INVERSIONES Y ESTUDIOS SL, NIF B86260387, with registered office at Calle Velázquez 126, 4º D, 28006 Madrid, with Francisco Menendez Rubio as its administrator (screen).
4.8 IMPORTACIONES VENESPA SL, B88193586, with registered office at Calle Castillo de Arévalo 9, 28232 Las Rozas de Madrid (Madrid), with Francisco Menendez Rubio as its (screen) administrator.
4.9 AFRIMEDIA INTERNATIONAL SA, Baltasar Engonga Edjo, Jose Maria Oyono, Luciano Esono Bitegue and Melchor Esono Edjo.
The Luxembourg Gazette and Companies Register noted the creation, on 24 July 2008, of the public limited company AFRIMEDIA INTERNATIONAL SA, which broadcasts programmes of the pan-African news channel under the Africa24 brand.
5. JOSÉ MARÍA ONDO OYONO received and distributed transfers from EMPADE GE, SA and management companies whose ordering party was, in many cases, MELCHOR ESONO EDJO himself, through money laundering and illegal trafficking of military defense and dual-use material through a corporate network headed by MELCHOR ESONO EDJO, who is involved as the alleged beneficiary of the collection of illegal commissions for corrupt contracts for illegal trade with overcosts and overbilling transferred to the treasury of the State of Equatorial Guinea.
5.1 And other companies and front men, for which it is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY that the NATIONAL COURT request the COMMISSION FOR THE PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND MONETARY INFRACTIONS (SEPBLAC), which is the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, to provide the information that the Magistrate deems necessary.
5.2 Not only of the aforementioned companies, which constitutes a non-limiting relationship, but also all interoperable links, transfers, income from transfers and CASH TRANSACTIONS, as well as the BANK OF SPAIN, regarding the bank accounts, representatives and BENEFIAL OWNERS of the companies, specifically, Banco Santander and CaixaBank, among others.
5.3 Since September 2010, Melchor Esono Edjo, together with José María Ondo Oyono, have acted as directors of Eurocondal Shipping SA, incorporated in Barcelona at the end of April 2004 with a share capital amounting to €3,899,610.
6. Melchor Esono Edjo Avomo, nephew of Obiang, dictator of Equatorial Guinea. Client of the law firm Martínez Echevarría.
Attached is a brief summary of news published by the newspaper EL PAÍS between 2009 and 2021, by journalist JOSÉ MARIA IRUJO. Head of Investigation. Specialist in ETA terrorism. JOSÉ MARIA IRUJO has received numerous awards, including the Ortega y Gasset Prize and the King of Spain International Prize. A copy of the EL PAÍS report is attached.
This document, with a two-page index and 56 pages of content, details who MELCHOR ESONO EDJO is and his accomplices, front men, and cover-ups, their mafia and criminal activities in Spain and other countries.
Bribing judges and judicial officials, their modus operandi, laundering illegal money by the bucketful, by buying houses, villas, garages, land, etc.; investigations by courts, SEPBLAC, etc.
7. MELCHOR ESONO EDJO AVOMO, ONE OF THE MAIN PEOPLE INVESTIGATED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
As stated, MELCHOR ESONO EDJO AVOMO was investigated and indicted for money laundering and corruption by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, as well as information relating to the Equatorial Guinean accounts at the Riggs Bank on services, transactions, payments and other operations can be read in: Riggs Report, pp. 45-76. 3 Riggs Report, p. 7.
MELCHOR ESONO EDJO appears as one of the main subjects of investigation. In the aforementioned 39-page report, ESONO EDJO appears in copies of documents, bank accounts, shell companies, as well as his signature on the documents; a detailed exposition of the crimes against humanity and the corporations involved (pp. 217 to 235).
8. REPORT OF THE LAW FACULTY OF VALENCIA. July 2022. 259 PAGES (SEE ANNEX).
This report details MELCHOR ESONO EDJO's fraudulent operations and is extensively detailed in 25 SECTIONS OF THE REPORT, including schemes to launder huge amounts of money, bank accounts, FRONT COMPANIES (in Spain and outside Spain), as well as their FRONT MEN, BANKS (the main Spanish ones, Santander, La Caixa), etc.
9. FRONT COMPANIES AND FRONT MEN OF MELCHOR ESONO EDJO IN SPAIN.
9.1 FRAMEN CONSULTORES SL, B84706092, with registered office at Calle Luchana 40, 28010 Madrid. Sole Director Francisco Menendez Rubio (Sole Director in four other companies of Nelchor Esono Edjo, in Spain). On page 53 of the University of Valencia Report, it is stated: "To introduce the funds into Spain, which exceed 21 million euros, this businessman (Francisco Menendez Rubio) invoiced for unreal services. To this end, he used the company Framen Consultants, whose accounting records claim to have invoiced the multi-million euro figure to Candido Nsué Okomo, a relative of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, and to companies such as the National Petroleum Company of Equatorial Guinea (Gepetrol), Geoex International Limited, BHP Engineering Construction, Moswen Resources, Falconara Limited, Xuan Energy Limited and Boway Holding."
9.2 SOCIEDAD DE SERVICIOS Y GESTIÓN SL (SSG), with NIF (Tax Identification Number) for a non-resident company in Spain, NIF N3101097H, and registered office located in the city of Malabo, Km. 5 of the Airport Highway, in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. We hereby acknowledge the presence of its legal advisory office, DOMUS Abogados, SLP, located at 20 Conde de Aranda Street, 4th Floor, Right, 28001 Madrid.
9.3 MAK ZONE INTERNATIONAL SL, with NIF B73723611, and registered office at Calle Fragua 6, 28529 Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Madrid), with FRANCISCO SANCHEZ DOÑORO as the front administrator, and MELCHOR ESONO EDJO AVOMO as the representative and real owner. Registration data: T 33891, F 105, S 8, HM 609887, I/A 4 (3.03.16).
9.4 EUROCONDAL SHIPPING SA, NIF A63503940, with registered office at Calle Vila I Vila, 19, 08004 Barcelona, with ANDRES QUEROL MATEO as its president (screen), and MELCHOR ESONO EDJO AVOMO as its director and true owner.
9.5 INVERSIONES LLAVANERA SL, NIF B86290475, with registered office at Calle Velázquez No. 94, 1st Floor, 28006 Madrid, with FRANCISCO MENENDEZ RUBIO as its president (screen).
9.6 KEEP PAINTING SL, B85709731, with registered office at Calle Narváez 7, 28009 Madrid, with FRANCISCO MENENDEZ RUBIO as its president (screen).
9.7 TUCANE INVERSIONES Y ESTUDIOS SL, NIF B86260387, WITH REGISTERED OFFICE AT 126 CALLE VLAZQUEZ, 4º D, 28006 Madrid, WITH FRANCISCO MENENDEZ RUBIO AS THE DIRECTOR (FRONT PAGE).
9.8 IMPORTACIONES VENESPA SL, B88193586, WITH REGISTERED OFFICE AT 9 CALLE CASTILLO DE AREvalo, Bl.1 2º A, 28232 Las Rozas de Madrid, Madrid, WITH FRANCISCO MENENDEZ RUBIO AS THE DIRECTOR (FRONT PAGE).
9.9 AFRIMEDIA INTERNATIONAL SA, Baltasar Engonga Edjo, JOSÉ MARÍA OYONO, Kalunga Company, Luciano Esono Bitegue, MELCHOR ESONO EDJO, Vladimir Kokorev Maleeva.
The Luxembourg Gazette and Trade Register noted the creation, on 24 July 2008, of the public limited company AFRIMEDIA International SA, which broadcasts programmes of the pan-African news channel under the brand name Africa24.
10. José María Ondo Oyono allegedly received transfers from EMPADE GE, SA and management companies, often originating from the same party: Melchor Esono Edjo. From the General Treasury of the State of Equatorial Guinea, then controlled by Melchor Esono Edjo.
And other companies and front men, for which it is absolutely necessary to request the COMMISSION FOR THE PREVENTION OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND MONETARY OFFENCES (SEPBLAC), which is the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, to provide corporate information, not only of the aforementioned companies, which constitutes a non-limiting list, but also all links, transfers, income and cash transactions, as well as the BANK OF SPAIN, regarding the bank accounts, representatives and beneficial owners of the companies, specifically, Banco Santander and Caixa Bank, among others.
Since September 2010, Melchor Esono Edjo, along with José María Ondo Oyono, have served as directors of EUROCONDAL SHIPPING SA, incorporated in Barcelona at the end of April 2004 with a share capital of €3,899,610.
According to judicial authorities, the Equatorial Guinean official allegedly carried out transactions such as cash deposits and certain transfers into a La Caixa account between June 2003 and January 2004.
The then Secretary of State also received transfers from an account called "Equatorial Guinea Development Participation Company Limited Company," EMPADE GESA. Its shareholders included José María Oyono and Melchor Esono Edjo.
This news is being updated.
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