---
title: "11 Supercars Worth More than $8 Million Seized from Dictator’s Son in Geneva"
description: "A Porsche 918 Spyder, a Koenigsegg One:1, a Bugatti Veyron, and a Lamborghini Veneno were just the tip of the iceberg. "
date: "2016-11-04"
modified: "2016-11-04"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5855/11-supercars-worth-more-than-8-million-seized-from-dictators-son-in-geneva"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "918 Spyder"
  - "f12tdf"
  - "laferrari"
  - "One:1"
  - "P1"
  - "Supercars"
---

# 11 Supercars Worth More than $8 Million Seized from Dictator’s Son in Geneva

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Some of the rarest [supercars on the planet were seized from the son of a notorious African dictator](<https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1107053_supercars-of-african-dictators-son-seized-again-this-time-a-veyron-veneno-and-one1>) in a police raid in Geneva on Wednesday, according to authorities and social media accounts.

[The cars belong to Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, vice-president of Equatorial Guinea](<https://www.ledauphine.com/haute-savoie/2016/11/04/onze-bolides-de-teodorin-obiang-saisis-a-l-aeroport-de-geneve-dictateur-guinee-equatoriale>), a Swiss prosecutor told *LeDauphine.com*. The vehicles were reportedly seized at the Geneva airport.

Among the 11 cars confiscated in the raid were [one of the seven Koenigsegg One:1s on Earth, as well as one of the nine Lamborghini Veneno Roadsters built](<https://gtspirit.com/2016/11/02/koenigsegg-one1-veneno-seized-african-dictators-son/>), according to an Instagram video posted online of the cars being hauled away on flatbeds. A Bugatti Veyron—possibly the one-off Bleu Centenaire edition—can also be seen being hauled off in the clip.

In addition, [a Ferrari F12tdf and Ferrari Enzo were also seized by authorities](<https://www.wheelsmag.com.au/news/1611/over-$10million-in-exclusive-supercars-seized-by-swiss-government>), according to Australian automotive website *Wheels*. A Porsche 918 Spyder and a McLaren P1 were taken as well, according to *LeDauphine.com*. An Aston Martin One-77 and a Ferrari LaFerrari also appear to be visible in pictures of the confiscated collection.

As French website *L’hebdo* pointed out, [Mangue may have been trying to smuggle the fleet of ultra-rare supercars out of Switzerland](<https://www.hebdo.ch/hebdo/cadrages/detail/la-justice-saisit-les-voitures-de-teodorin-obiang-sur-le-tarmac-de-cointrin>) in advance of a recently reopened investigation against him by Swiss authorities. Mangue is also scheduled to go on trial early next year in Paris over his “ill-gotten gains,” *Le Dauphine* reports.

The raid comes almost exactly [five years after Mangue’s previous fleet of supercars](<https://gtspirit.com/2011/09/29/11-supercars-of-teodoro-obiang-nguema-mbasogo-seized-by-french-police/>), including a Porsche Carrera GT, a pair of Veyrons, a Ferrari Enzo, were seized in a police raid in Paris. The cars confiscated there were sold at auction for $4.1 million...which, let's face it, is kind of a deal.

Mangue is the son of [Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_Obiang_Nguema_Mbasogo#Controversy>), who has served as president of Equatorial Guinea since seizing power from his uncle in a 1979 military coup. Since then, Teodoro has faced extensive criticism from authorities and humanitarian groups for reputedly using the country’s treasury and natural resources as his family’s piggybank, [funding a lavish lifestyle while the populace suffers in poverty](<https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/world/europe/for-obiangs-son-high-life-in-paris-is-over.html?_r=0>).

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## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
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