The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea (ANIF), Baltasar Engonga, has been arrested for allegedly recording over 400 sex tapes of the wives of notable people in the country.

The scandal emerged in the course of a fraud investigation against the 54-year-old government official which resulted in the search of his house and office on impromptu notice by ANIF officials who came across several CDs that later revealed his sexual affairs with different married women.

The videos reportedly include encounters with high-profile individuals, such as his brother’s wife, his cousin, the sister of the President of Equatorial Guinea, the Director General of Police’s wife, and about 20 of the country’s ministers’ wives, among others.

The footage, discovered in his personal office, was said to have been recorded with consent and has since been leaked online, causing a media uproar.

In a report by a local media platform, Ahora EG, since last October, Engonga has been involved in a sexual scandal unprecedented in the history of Equatorial Guinea.

The former ANIF boss better known as “Bello” had sexual relations with several women, some of them married, and filmed these intimate encounters.

He is currently in prison awaiting trial for alleged corruption charges.