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Lisbon Court Seizes NOS Shares Held By Angola apos;s Dos Santos

2020-06-25T22:52:57Z

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LISBON, April 5 (Reuters) - Sonaecom, sub-holding of Portugal's Sonae, [http://cricketnfootballcenter.website2.me/blog/cristiano-ronaldo-and-fernando-santos http://cricketnfootballcenter.website2.me/blog/cristiano-ronaldo-and-fernando-santos] said on Saturday evening a Lisbon court seized shares in telecommunications firm NOS of a holding company it co-owned with former first-daughter and Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos. Sonaecom and dos Santos, who was named a suspect in a fraud investigation in Angola this year, each own 50% of holding firm ZOPT, which owns 52.15% of NOS. The seizure affects half of ZOPT's shares, equivalent to dos Santos' holdings - but ZOPT as a whole will be deprived of voting rights, a decision Sonaecom argued "seriously harms the interests of ZOPT and Sonaecom, both being third parties completely unrelated to the judicial process underway." Sonaecom said it would contest the decision as ZOPT "is not liable for the debts of its shareholders". Dos Santos has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Angolan courts seized dos Santos' assets in December, but did not freeze voting rights, Sonaecom said. In February, Portugal's public prosecutor ordered the seizure of bank accounts belonging the ex-first daughter, who also owns shares in several other Portuguese companies including oil group Galp. Sonaecom said it would cooperate with judicial authorities while taking "all appropriate legal action to revert and terminate the seizure procedure". Earlier this year, hundreds of thousands of files about dos Santos dubbed the "Luanda Leaks" were released by several news organisations focussing on how she amassed a fortune estimated at more than $2 billion. (Reporting by Catarina Demony and Victoria Waldersee, Additional reporting by Sergio Goncalves, Editing by David Gregorio)

Isabel Dos Santos Seeks To Revoke Asset Freeze Over apos;forged apos; Passport

2020-06-25T21:39:59Z

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Investigation: Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos Angola's billionaire former first-daughter Isabel dos Santos and her husband are seeking to revoke a court order that froze their assets last year as part of a massive corruption probe, their lawyer said Tuesday. Dos Santos and her Congolese husband Sindika Dokolo are accused of diverting billions of dollars from Angolan state companies during ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos' 38-year rule. A court froze their bank accounts last December in the context of a crackdown on graft lead by President Joao Lourenco, hand-picked to succeed dos Santos in 2017. This month, the 47-year-old business mogul accused the government of using a copy of a fake passport to freeze her assets. The couple's lawyer Walter Tondela told AFP he had filed a case against Angola's public prosecution for "presenting false documents". "The magistrate... falsified the documents that deceived the court to the point of making this decision illegal and unconstitutional," Tondela said on Tuesday, adding that "several other contracts" had also been faked. The prosecution had previously dismissed accusations of passport forgery as a "comedy". Dos Santos said her lawyers unearthed the falsified evidence after they were given access to the court documents last month. She has previously clamed the name and birth date on the submitted passport copy were wrong, and that the document bore the signature of late martial arts film star Bruce Lee. Dos Santos has built up a vast business empire over the past two decades, with stakes in several Angolan and Portuguese companies. Public prosecutors estimate that she and Dokola diverted up to five billion dollars from the state. She was charged in January in Angola with a long list of crimes, including mismanagement, embezzlement of funds, [http://cricketnfootballcenter.website2.me/blog/cristiano-ronaldo-and-fernando-santos cricketnfootballcenter.website2.me] and money laundering during her stewardship of the oil giant Sonangol. A consortium of investigative journalists, after analysing a trove of hundreds of thousands of leaked documents, has also accused her of looting state coffers during her father's rule. Nicknamed "the Princess" among Angolans, dos Santos has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and claims she is the victim of a "witch hunt". Her fortune is valued at $2.1 billion (1.9 billion euros) by Forbes Magazine, which named her Africa's richest woman in 2013. str-sch/ri

Brazil Cocaine Trafficker Nabbed In Mozambique As Gang Expands

2020-06-25T20:49:19Z

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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 14 (Reuters) - One of Brazil's top cocaine traffickers has been arrested in Mozambique, Brazilian police said, underlining the growing global footprint of the First Capital Command (PCC) gang. Gilberto Aparecido dos Santos, aka "Fuminho," had been on the run for more than 20 years until his capture in Maputo on Monday, and [http://cricketnfootballcenter.website2.me/blog/cristiano-ronaldo-and-fernando-santos cricketnfootballcenter.website2.me] was one of Brazil's "most-wanted" fugitives, Brazil's federal police said in a statement. "The prisoner was considered the largest supplier of cocaine to a gang operating throughout Brazil, as well as being responsible for sending tonnes of the drug to several countries," the statement said. His capture in Africa is a sign of the PCC's growing international network. Originally formed as a prison gang in Sao Paulo, the PCC has become Brazil's largest criminal organization and is increasingly moving cocaine overseas, especially to Europe and Africa. In March, Reuters reported that Brazil has become one of the top suppliers of cocaine to Europe, transforming the country's role in the trans-Atlantic drug trade. In its statement, Brazil's federal police said the operation to catch dos Santos also involved the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Mozambique police. The federal police also accused dos Santos of allegedly financing a rescue plan for PCC boss Marcos Willians Camacho, or "Marcola," who is in a federal jail in Brasilia. The alleged plan prompted Brazilian authorities to heighten security at the jail in February, the statement said. Local media has reported that dos Santos was Camacho's "right-hand man." (Reporting by Gabriel Stargardter Editing by Alistair Bell)

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2020-06-25T20:49:17Z

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