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.
Luanda Leaks
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.
Feb 18, 2020
Luanda Leaks: How collaboration helped connect the dots
Project manager Fergus Shiel reveals how ICIJ came to possess the 700,000 Luanda Leaks files – and how the collaboration of 36 media partners came together.
Feb 11, 2020
Portugal seizes Isabel dos Santos’ bank accounts
Portugal is the latest to take action against Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, seizing dozens of her bank accounts.
Feb 04, 2020
Reporting beyond the Luanda Leaks documents
A cross-border reporting "army" knocked on doors in Europe, visited hidden retailers in Sardinia, traveled to the Brazilian Amazon, and the French Riviera.
Feb 03, 2020
How we mined more than 715,000 Luanda Leaks records
Luanda Leaks was a trove of more than 175,000 emails – so how do we go about tackling such a massive dataset? And how can we be sure we haven’t missed major stories?
Jan 29, 2020
Angolan investment at risk as dos Santos-linked jeweler goes under
Geneva-based de Grisogono's main shareholders are Sindika Dokolo, Isabel dos Santos' husband, and the trading arm of Angola’s state-controlled diamond agency.
Jan 28, 2020
Dos Santos’ businesses in Portugal, Cape Verde face new questions after Luanda Leaks
Authorities in Portugal and Cape Verde are investigating companies and service providers linked to the African billionaire Isabel dos Santos.
Jan 27, 2020
Luanda Leaks reveals thousands forced at gunpoint from fishing community at site of dos Santos project
Residents driven from urban beach now live in wretched conditions by open sewers.
Jan 27, 2020
Soccer leaker Rui Pinto named as Luanda Leaks whistleblower
Rui Pinto, the author of Football Leaks, has been named as the source behind Luanda Leaks.
Jan 23, 2020
Isabel dos Santos charged with embezzlement, will sell Portuguese bank stake
Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, who was at the center of Luanda Leaks, is now facing fraud charges in Angola.
Jan 23, 2020
Luanda Leaks stories from around the world
From Brazilian real estate to Swiss jewelry, read all the headlines from Luanda Leaks stories from dozens of ICIJ's media partners around the world.
Jan 21, 2020
PwC head ‘shocked and disappointed’ by Luanda Leaks revelations
Banks, prosecutors and the head of PWC have responded to our Luanda Leaks investigation in the past two days.
Jan 21, 2020
5 reasons why Luanda Leaks is bigger than Angola
Here’s why Luanda Leaks matters – well beyond Angola's border, and what we learned during our eight-month investigation.
Jan 19, 2020
How Africa’s richest woman exploited family ties, shell companies and inside deals to build an empire
Isabel dos Santos made a fortune at the expense of the Angolan people, Luanda Leaks reveals.
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