Pierre Romera Zhang 🐧Nov 27, 2024

Le Royaume-Uni sanctionne Isabel dos Santos, fille de l'ancien président angolais, pour avoir "volé la richesse du pays à des fins personnelles".

Depuis les #LuandaLeaks en 2020, l'ex-milliardaire fait face à un gel de ses avoirs et une interdiction de voyager.

https://www.icij.org/investigations/luanda-leaks/uk-sanctions-angolas-isabel-dos-santos-and-associates-for-stealing-countrys-wealth-for-personal-gain/

UK sanctions Angola’s Isabel dos Santos and associates for ‘stealing country’s wealth for personal gain’ - ICIJ

The British government’s decision follows a series of criminal charges and asset freezes brought by multiple governments against the daughter of Angola’s former president following ICIJ’s 2020 Luanda Leaks investigation.

ICIJ
Pierre Romera Zhang 🐧Jan 22, 2024
Former billionaire Isabel dos Santos faces 12 charges, including money laundering and embezzlement, stemming from the #LuandaLeaks investigation, which revealed her alleged $219 million fraud against Angola as Sonangol's head. https://www.icij.org/investigations/luanda-leaks/isabel-dos-santos-charged-with-12-crimes-in-angola-over-her-dealings-as-sonangol-chair/
Isabel dos Santos charged with 12 crimes in Angola over her dealings as Sonangol chair - ICIJ

The ultra-rich daughter of Angola's former president and her advisors are accused of defrauding the country of $219 million, including through financial schemes uncovered by ICIJ.

ICIJ
Chris FosterDec 27, 2023

“Significant corruption.”
#LuandaLeaks #Angola #IsabelDosSantos

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/luanda-leaks/

The Luanda Leaks | FRONTLINE

As part of a worldwide investigation with the ICIJ, FRONTLINE examines how Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos became Africa’s richest woman.

FRONTLINE
Pierre Romera Zhang 🐧Dec 21, 2023
3 ans après leur publications, les #LuandaLeaks continuent de porter leurs fruits : Isabel dos Santos, visée par des accusations de corruption, voit ses actifs d'une valeur de 733 millions de dollars gelés par la justice londonienne. https://www.icij.org/investigations/luanda-leaks/luanda-leaks-isabel-dos-santos-loses-fight-against-733-million-asset-freeze/
Luanda Leaks’ Isabel dos Santos loses fight against $733 million asset freeze - ICIJ

The daughter of Angola’s authoritarian former president is accused of procuring loans for her “own personal benefit” while she was a director of an Angolan telecommunications company.

ICIJ
Show threadlorax b. horne  🍉Sep 11, 2023
The court finds that #RuiPinto can't have whistleblower protection because he committed the crimes himself. #RuiPinto #FootballLeaks #LuandaLeaks
Show threadlorax b. horne  🍉Sep 11, 2023
First mention of #LuandaLeaks in the verdict, I didn't catch the context though. #RuiPinto #FootballLeaks
lorax b. horne  🍉Sep 10, 2023
Heading back to Lisbon, folks. https://www.dw.com/en/football-leaks-hacker-rui-pintos-trial-set-to-end/a-66188443 #RuiPinto #FootballLeaks #LuandaLeaks The corruption of Portuguese football and Portuguese law enforcement will be on full display.
Football Leaks: Hacker Rui Pinto's trial set to end

Rui Pinto, the hacker behind the Football Leaks revelations, is set to receive a verdict in a court case that has been twice postponed. DW outlines what you need to know about the case.

Deutsche Welle
Show threadCory DoctorowAug 24, 2023

On social media, she dismissed critics of her wealth and corruption as "colonialists," decrying their "racism" and "prejudice."

Isabel Dos Santos's corrupt sources of wealth were finally, irrefutably exposed through the #LuandaLeaks, in which the #InternationalConsortiumOfInvestigativeJouralists mapped the network of "top banks, management consultants and legal firms that were central to Dos Santos’s operations."

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lorax b. horne  🍉Jul 12, 2023
The case of #RuiPinto continues to make its way through the Portuguese court system. This week, a verdict was postponed because the judge thinks a new amnesty law in the works to coincide with the visit of Pope Francis may impact Rui's sentencing: https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/football-leaks-ruling-postponed-light-new-law-popes-visit-2023-07-11/ #FootballLeaks #LuandaLeaks #MaltaFiles
'Football Leaks' ruling postponed in light of new law, Pope's visit

A Lisbon court postponed on Tuesday a verdict in the trial of Rui Pinto, the creator of Football Leaks, due to a new law set to pardon some young offenders that might come into force soon in light of Pope Francis' visit to Portugal next month.

Reuters
Show threadlorax b. horne  🍉Apr 28, 2023
Courtroom before the defendant and the judges entered the room #RuiPinto #LuandaLeaks #FootballLeaks