According to consistent media reports, the Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos wants to take legal action against the international research network ICIJ and its partners. “I reject the unfounded allegations and false allegations and inform that I have taken legal action against ICIJ and its partners, which are managed by the international law firm Schillings Partners,” the news agency Reuters quotes a message dos Santos’.
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A few days ago, ICIJ, which also included journalists from WDR, NDR and the “Southgerman newspaper” details about the dubious business conduct of Africa’s supposedly richest woman are revealed. According to the allegations, dos Santos embezzled money in Angola and invested it in Portugal. The research network EIC, of which SPIEGEL is a member, had also previously reported some of the questionable cash flows,
The Angolan Attorney General’s Office charged dos Santos with fraud and money laundering after the “Luanda Leaks” was released. Dos Santos denies the allegations and spoke of a politically motivated campaign by the Angolan government under her father’s successor. She is the daughter of former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos. He had ruled Angola for almost four decades, during which time Isabel dos Santos became a billionaire and is now one of the richest women in the world. José Eduardo dos Santos resigned in 2017.
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Football leaks whistleblower behind “Luanda Leaks”
This Monday had become knownthat Football Leaks founder Rui Pinto is probably the whistleblower behind the so-called Luanda Leaks. His lawyers spread this in a message.
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Pinto is in custody in his home country of Portugal. He is charged with 90 crimes, including attempted extortion. With the website Football leaks Pinto had caused a sensation since 2015. Prosecutors in several countries subsequently investigated, among other things, for tax offenses against several soccer stars, including the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo,
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