“If we get evidence that the investments were made with money taken illicitly out of the country we will do everything so that she doesn’t dispose of those assets,” said Pitta Gros, who arrived in Portugal on Thursday to ask for help with the investigation.
The other two named by the prosecutor are Mario Leite da Silva, who on Thursday stepped down as chairman of Banco de Fomento Angola, and Paula Olveira, the owner of Dubai-based consulting firm Matter Business Solutions. Isabel dos Santos holds a 25% stake in Angola telecommunications company Unitel, which has a majority stake in BFA.
Portugal’s securities market regulator CMVM said it’s seeking information from auditors and companies with ties to Dos Santos, including oil firm Galp Energia and telecommunications company NOS. Dos Santos has made significant investments in Portugal over the past two decades and holds indirect stakes in Galp and NOS, among other companies in the southern European country.
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