The British government sanctions Isabel dos Santos. He froze his assets in the United Kingdom and banned him from traveling to the country. London accuses the businesswoman and daughter of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos of having “ stole the wealth of [son] country for [son] personal profit » when she managed large public companies in the country. This is a new setback for her, as she is the subject of multiple legal proceedings in her country, Angola, but also in Portugal, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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The setbacks keep coming for the woman who was the richest woman in Africa. The British Foreign Office estimates that Isabel dos Santos “systematically abused her positions in public companies to embezzle at least £350 million,” or more than $400 million.
The two companies in question: Sonangol, which exploits the country’s oil, and Unitel, the major telecommunications operator.
At the end of September, she lost an appeal before the British courts against Unitel. She wanted to cancel another asset freeze of more than $500 million.
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Isabel dos Santos denies the embezzlement and has already announced her intention to appeal these new sanctions.
She has lived in exile in Dubai since her father left power in 2017 and is the subject of an Interpol file. She never stopped denouncing the “ political persecution » which she and her family would be subject to since the president João Lourenço took power in Luanda.
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