Wonga list' reveals alleged backers of Equatorial Guinea coup
The British mercenary Simon Mann, who faces up to 10 years in jail today for trying to buy arms to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea, paid $500,000 (£281,000) towards the plot, according to a list of alleged financiers believed to be in the hands of the South African police. Ely Calil, the London-based Lebanese oil millionaire who is being sued in London by the Equatorial Guinea regime, is alleged to have raised another $750,000. The allegations come from the so-called "wonga list", written by one of those involved, which claims to name the millionaire backers of the aborted coup.
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