Dec 17, 2020
Unitel sues Isabel dos Santos company as her corporate empire continues to crumble
Luanda Leaks showed how the mobile company became a cash cow for the Angolan billionaire. It’s now seeking repayment of loans totalling $430 million.
Luanda Leaks
Dec 07, 2020
After Luanda Leaks, a billionaire’s empire falls, but her enablers carry on
While Isabel dos Santos and her advisers face multiple investigations, accountability for the offshore industry remains elusive.
Oct 30, 2020
Jailing of Benin investigative journalist broke international law, UN body finds
Ignace Sossou spent six months in prison for tweeting about an official speech.
Oct 02, 2020
Portuguese regulator calls for criminal prosecution of auditors following Luanda Leaks
CMVM says Portuguese auditors broke anti-money laundering laws to help Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos grow her business empire.
Sep 19, 2020
Dutch court orders key business associate of Isabel dos Santos removed pending investigation
Lawyers for Angolan oil giant Sonangol expressed satisfaction with the ruling and credited revelations from ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks investigation.
Sep 16, 2020
Dutch launch criminal probe, freeze assets of Isabel dos Santos-linked firm
Prosecutors say they are looking into a controversial loan agreement detailed by ICIJ in Luanda Leaks.
Aug 28, 2020
Switzerland freezes Angolan tycoon’s $900 million fortune
Carlos Manuel de São Vicente, the former CEO of a company with a lucrative government monopoly to insure Angola's oil sector, had his bank accounts frozen on suspicions of money laundering.
Aug 27, 2020
Sonaecom ditches partnership with dos Santos in Portuguese telco NOS
Embattled businesswoman Isabel dos Santos has lost joint control of Portugal’s $1.82 billion leader in the so-called ‘quad play’ market of internet, TV, fixed and mobile telephony.
Aug 13, 2020
Luanda Leaks’ whistleblower is ‘new Snowden,’ claims lawyer after release
Rui Pinto, the computer whiz behind Luanda Leaks and Football Leaks, has been released from custody, pending trial.
Aug 11, 2020
Beleaguered billionaire dos Santos quits Unitel board
Isabel dos Santos has stepped down from the board of Angola's mobile phone operator Unitel, citing "a climate of permanent conflict" among the company’s directors.
Jul 27, 2020
Angola claims victory in axed port deal signed with dos Santos company
A Paris tribunal dismissed billionaire Isabel dos Santos’ case against Angola over a $1.5 billion port project, and ordered her firm pay $232,000 in costs.
Jul 20, 2020
European banking regulator to probe Luanda Leaks’ allegations
European lawmakers have demanded the regulator assess “whether there were breaches of either national or EU law, and to assess the actions taken by financial supervisors.”
Jul 13, 2020
Court ties dos Santos to ‘fraudulent’ diamond deal
An Angolan court says the deal between the country’s diamond company and Isabel dos Santos’ husband was harmful to average Angolans.
Jun 30, 2020
Isabel dos Santos claims ‘justice denied’ after rejection of assets appeal
The Angolan billionaire has accused the country’s legal system of being “rigged” after a Luanda court threw out an appeal to unfreeze her assets.
Jun 18, 2020
Isabel dos Santos blames asset freeze for Lisbon retreat and failure to pay staff
The Angolan billionaire has closed down her business offices in Portugal and fired dozens of staff after failing to pay wages, rent and bills for months.
Jun 05, 2020
German police seize bank records in Luanda Leaks brewery probe
Police searched the headquarters of a state-owned bank as part of a criminal investigation into a $55 million loan to a brewery owned by Isabel dos Santos.
Apr 16, 2020
‘I knocked at the door of the minister and he confessed’ — recollections of a veteran investigator
Micael Pereira is a senior staff writer at the leading Portuguese newspaper who worked on Luanda Leaks and many other ICIJ projects.
Apr 07, 2020
Isabel dos Santos condemns ‘abusive’ seizure of $442m stake
Portugal has ramped up pressure on Isabel dos Santos in the wake of Luanda Leaks, and following a request from Angolan authorities in pursuit of more than $1 billion.
Apr 06, 2020
What is a tax haven? Offshore finance, explained
Four years after Panama Papers, why ICIJ continues to report on tax havens, and those who exploit them.
Mar 19, 2020
Luanda Leaks sealed new Cape Verde banking law, minister says
Cape Verde will close banks that serve only foreign customers, including one partly owned by Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos.
Mar 17, 2020
Portuguese ‘super judge’ orders total seizure of dos Santos assets
Judge Carlos Alexandre has ordered the seizure of all Isabel dos Santos’ assets in Portugal, including lucrative stakes in various companies and luxury properties.
Mar 04, 2020
Portugal likely to freeze proceeds from Isabel dos Santos bank sale
Portugal will likely freeze proceeds from the expected sale of Isabel dos Santos’ $200 million stake in EuroBic.
Mar 02, 2020
Luanda Leaks Dutch newspaper wins against dos Santos advisers
A Dutch court has dismissed a case brought by a trust company against journalists who reported on Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos as part of the Luanda Leaks investigation.
Feb 25, 2020
How Isabel dos Santos went shopping in Mauritius for shell companies, secrecy and a tax dodge
The dos Santos brewery masterplan hinged on one of the couple’s favorite business entities: shell companies. This time the couple turned to Mauritius the small island tax haven off the east coast of Africa.
Feb 24, 2020
The world’s biggest tax haven lurked behind a dos Santos penthouse
As scrutiny of her business empire increased, African billionaire Isabel dos Santos turned to one of the world’s most secretive tax havens to conceal a $1.8 million luxury apartment.
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