Business Day
The Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative has seized a Malibu mansion and a $500,000 Ferrari owned by a member of Equatorial Guinea’s ruling family, the Obiangs. But a glove that Michael Jackson wore on tour, similar to this one, remains in the family’s possession.
JULIEN'S AUCTIONS, VIA EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
One would think that an iconic Michael Jackson “Bad Tour” glove, covered in Swarovski crystals and worn on his first solo tour, would rest in a place of honor, perhaps at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
Hardly. The bejeweled glove is thousands of miles away in the oil-rich, deeply impoverished country of Equatorial Guinea. And the people of this West African nation, most of whom live on less than $2 a day, have paid dearly for it.