Angola seeks Interpol's help to arrest Isabel dos Santos
By The East African
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Ms Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola's former President José Eduardo dos Santos, is being sought by Interpol to answer to corruption charges.
Angola’s Attorney-General confirmed Monday that the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued an international arrest warrant against businesswoman Isabel dos Santos.
The whereabouts of Ms dos Santos, 49, the daughter of the country´s former President José Eduardo dos Santos, is not clear but she has properties and lives between Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.
She has been ranked by Forbes as one of Angola’s and Africa’s richest women.
Ms dos Santos is facing a $5 billion corruption allegations which she has denied, saying they were politically motivated.
In 2019, a Luanda Court decreed the preventive seizure of her personal bank accounts.
According to Mr Hélder Pitta Gróz, who addressed journalists in Luanda after a meeting of the Attorney-General's Office Council, the warrant of arrest was issued after she failed to respond to the several notifications that were sent to her by the court.
