In July 2007, the British NGO Global Witness published documents on its website that appear to show that the President's son, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, may have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of money that may derive from the country's oil sales on shopping sprees in Paris and Dubai.
Pada bulan Juli 2007, LSM Inggris, Global Witness menerbitkan dokumen yang menunjukkan bahwa putra presiden, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, mungkin telah menghabiskan uang ratusan ribu dolar yang mungkin berasal dari penjualan minyak negara itu untuk berbelanja di Paris dan Dubai.