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A politician's collection of 25 exotic cars seized in a corruption investigation were sold at a charity auction in Switzerland on Sunday by Bonhams for over $27 million.
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The vehicles were seized in 2016 during a probe into money laundering and mismanagement of public assets by Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue. Nguema Obiang is a vice president Equatorial Guinea and son of the country’s president, Teodoro Obiang, who has held the office since leading a 1979 coup.
According to a report by the World Bank’s Stolen Assets and Recovery Initiative, the government of Equatorial Guinea claimed the cars belonged to the state and had been shipped to Switzerland for repairs.
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The case was closed in February under rules that allow the person under investigation to repair the damage or do “everything that could have been expected of him or her to make up for the wrong that was caused.”
Lamborghini sold nine Veneno Roadsters for $4.5 million each. (Bonhams)
The car collection included several ultra-rare models and raked in more than twice the initial estimate of $13 million. Among them were a 2014 Lamborghini Veneno Roadster that sold for $8.4 million and set an auction record for the brand, a 2014 Koenigsegg One:1 that received a high bid of $4.6 million and a 2003 Ferrari Enzo that went for $3.1 million.
Swedish automaker Koenigsegg built just seven examples of the One:1, which has an estimated top speed of 273 mph. (Bonhams)
After deducting the auction fees, $23.5 million will be donated by the State of Geneva to an independent charity set up to benefit the people of Equatorial Guinea.