Africa's richest woman a crook?

[Eldorado]

"Leaked documents reveal how Africa's richest woman made her fortune through exploiting her own country, and corruption.

"Isabel dos Santos got access to lucrative deals involving land, oil, diamonds and telecoms when her father was president of Angola, a southern African country rich in natural resources.

"The documents show how she and her husband were allowed to buy valuable state assets in a series of suspicious deals."

Full report at the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-51128950

At the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: https://www.icij.org/investigations/luanda-leaks/how-africas-richest-woman-exploited-family-ties-shell-companies-and-inside-deals-to-build-an-empire/

"How U.S. Firms Helped Africa’s Richest Woman Exploit Her Country’s Wealth"

At the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/world/africa/isabel-dos-santos-angola.html

Edited January 20, 2020 by Eldorado

[Eldorado]

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"A banker implicated in the embezzlement and money-laundering case against Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, has been found dead in Lisbon.

"Nuno Ribeiro da Cunha, 45, managed the account of oil firm Sonangol, formerly chaired by Ms Dos Santos, at the small Portuguese lender EuroBic.

"His death, on Wednesday, was reported on Thursday soon after Angolan prosecutors named both as suspects."

At the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51224655#