Supercars seized in french affair !
Sep 28, 2011 | 05:27 PM
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Supercars seized in french affair !
Hey guys!
Today, I stumbled upon a very very odd scene today. Some supercars were being seized by the police in Avenue Foche, Paris. Among them, there was a very rare Maserati MC12 (only 50 in the world) and a red Aston Martin V8 V600 Le Mans (only 40 in the world!!) as well as a white Rolls Royce Phantom coupé. A yellow Porsche Carrera GT was also waiting to be towed by truck. Pretty insane sight, don't you think? Now thing is I missed most of the party: they had already seized a red Ferrari Enzo, yellow Ferrari 599 GTO, full blue Bugatti Veyron, chrome/redish Bugatti Veyron GrandSport, and possibly the red Aston Martin One-77 seen in Paris.... All of them belong to the SAME OWNER.
Now what you've all been waiting for = why are they seizing the cars, and who do they belong to? These cars are said to belong to the son of the african president of Equatorial Guinea (some might say a dictator), who happens to be really fond of cars. But I don't know exactly why the french police was seizing the supercars! Only thing I CAN say, is that this particular owner seems to be well-known in the USA (actually, he can't even enter US soil I think), and is in the eye of the french justice for all sorts of goods acquired with "dirty money" (in France, we call this "biens mal acquis").
Let justice do the work, and let's simply admire the cars
And a video of the seize itself, if you're interested
Maserati MC12 + Aston Martin V8 V600 LM + Carrera GT seized by the police !!! - YouTube
Today, I stumbled upon a very very odd scene today. Some supercars were being seized by the police in Avenue Foche, Paris. Among them, there was a very rare Maserati MC12 (only 50 in the world) and a red Aston Martin V8 V600 Le Mans (only 40 in the world!!) as well as a white Rolls Royce Phantom coupé. A yellow Porsche Carrera GT was also waiting to be towed by truck. Pretty insane sight, don't you think? Now thing is I missed most of the party: they had already seized a red Ferrari Enzo, yellow Ferrari 599 GTO, full blue Bugatti Veyron, chrome/redish Bugatti Veyron GrandSport, and possibly the red Aston Martin One-77 seen in Paris.... All of them belong to the SAME OWNER.
Now what you've all been waiting for = why are they seizing the cars, and who do they belong to? These cars are said to belong to the son of the african president of Equatorial Guinea (some might say a dictator), who happens to be really fond of cars. But I don't know exactly why the french police was seizing the supercars! Only thing I CAN say, is that this particular owner seems to be well-known in the USA (actually, he can't even enter US soil I think), and is in the eye of the french justice for all sorts of goods acquired with "dirty money" (in France, we call this "biens mal acquis").
Let justice do the work, and let's simply admire the cars
And a video of the seize itself, if you're interested
Maserati MC12 + Aston Martin V8 V600 LM + Carrera GT seized by the police !!! - YouTube
Sep 28, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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Scoop! Bentley, Ferrari, Bugatti. Au total, 11 automobiles de luxe ont été saisies le 28/09/2011 au 42 avenue Foch, à Paris, où réside la famille de Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, le président de la Guinée Equatoriale. par Pa_Le, sur Flickr
FOURRIERE DE LUXE par Pa_Le, sur Flickr
ONE MILLION DOLLAR BABY X4 par Pa_Le, sur Flickr
BUGATTI 669 par Pa_Le, sur Flickr
POLICE & CABRIOLET par Pa_Le, sur Flickr
POLICE & BENTLEY par Pa_Le, sur Flickr
GIRL, GUN & BUGATTI par Pa_Le, sur Flickr
