Video: Meet Baltasar Ebang Engonga: Equatorial Guinea Official Linked to 400 Sextapes with VIPs' Wives, Sisters

Equatorial Guinea's political elite has been rocked by a scandal that has left them reeling. Due to the extremely delicate nature of the charges, a well-known government official, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, was recently arrested, garnering international attention.

 A darker aspect of luxury, power, and treachery inside the inner circles of Equatorial Guinea's elite may be revealed by this sensational lawsuit, which claims that Engonga produced or possessed more than 400 private recordings involving the spouses and sisters of the nation's VIPs.

Baltasar Ebang Engonga is who?

As the leader of Equatorial Guinea's National Financial Investigation Agency, Mr. Engonga is not your average government official. He is in charge of the country's financial monitoring and anti-corruption initiatives because of this role, which makes the accusations against him all the more startling. Engonga is allegedly related to President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, which further complicates the situation and brings it closer to the highest echelons of government.

"Family is everything" is the caption for a picture of Mr. Engonga with a woman and kids that he shared on his Facebook page after expressing his sadness.
As a "flagrant violation of the code of conduct," Vice-President Teodoro Obiang Mangue declared that any officials seen performing sex acts at work would be suspended.

In order to prevent "indecent and illicit acts," Vice-President Teodoro Obiang Mangue also mandated that surveillance cameras be installed in courts and ministries. 
The widely shared films that "denigrated the image of the country" prompted the decision, according to a statement from the vice president's office.

Last week, Vice-President Obiang ordered telecom firms to stop the dissemination of "pornographic videos" that were "flooding" social media. 
People in Equatorial Guinea informed the AFP news agency that since then, there has been a significant disruption in the country's internet traffic flow, especially with regard to image downloads.