Angolan businesswoman who intends to challenge Interpol’s worldwide arrest request for extradition because it was issued based on “false information” by the Angolan authorities.
The Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos will contest the Interpol “red alert”requested by the Angolan State, for being based on “false information,” revealed this Wednesday the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
The ICIJ announced this Wednesday an investigation into the real estate assets that Isabel dos Santosher mother and a former partner of her husband Sindika Dokolo (now deceased) keep in Dubai, which they describe as a “safe haven” for the illicit fortunes of politicians and citizens facing justice.
In response to the consortium of journalists about the properties she owns in that state of the United Arab Emirates, the daughter of former president José Eduardo dos Santos says he intends to challenge Interpol’s request because it was issued on the basis of “false information” by the Angolan authorities.
The “red notice” that Isabel dos Santos received in 2022 is a “request for law enforcement agencies around the world to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender or similar legal action,” according to Interpol.
Isabel dos Santos stated, in an email, that she had bought her apartment in Sadaf to “personal use” with money he earned in his companies and with public appearances and added that President João Loureço and the Angolan authorities “have a politically motivated agenda” against the Dos Santos family.
“They fabricate false evidence and do not allow the courts to be impartial and independent,” the businesswoman wrote.
The Angolan justice has rejected the accusations and has guaranteed to use all possible means and activate international mechanisms to return Isabel dos Santos to Angola, where she left in 2017, when her father’s successor came to power.
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ICIJ’s new investigation, Dubai Unlocked, reveals how policies have been adopted that have helped turn Dubai into a safe haven for suspected criminals and corrupt politicians, even as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tries to shed its reputation as a preferred destination for the money. money laundering and terrorist financing, after being removed from the Financial Action Task Force “Gray List” (FATF), an intergovernmental financial entity.
Data collected by the ICIJ reveals that ISabel dos Santos and her mother, Tatiana “Kukanova” Regan, are co-owners of an apartment in a building called Sadaf, today valued at more than 570 thousand dollars.
Dubai property records also contain information about Konema Mweenge, business partner of the businesswoman’s late husband, Sindika Dokolo, and the companies he is associated with.
Isabel dos Santos publishes regularly on her social networks Photos and videos showing off in restaurants and parties in Dubai.despite legal proceedings against him in Angola, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
The United Arab Emirates does not have any agreements related to Angola, nor does it have an extradition treaty with the country, according to the ICIJ.
Earlier this year, Angolan justice accused Isabel dos Santos of 12 crimes and causing damage of 219 million dollars during the period in which she headed the state oil company Sonangol.
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Source: Observadora
