(FILES) Wife of Congo's President Antoinette Sassou Nguesso poses as she arrives for a dinner at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on November 11, 2021, as part of the 'Paris Peace Forum'. The National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) has requested that BNP Paribas, along with the children of Omar Bongo, the late President of Gabon, be brought before the Paris Criminal Court as part of an investigation into Gabonese assets acquired fraudulently in France, AFP learnt on July 27, 2026 from a judicial source. In total, the PNF is seeking the referral of 23 individuals and legal entities: five companies BNP Paribas and four property firms and 18 individuals, including the children of Omar Bongo, as well as the wife of the current President of the Congo, Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, and the former Miss France and actress Sonia Rolland, according to the same source. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)