Seizure of dos Santos assets in Portugal welcome step, but judicial cooperation with Angola must continue
Transparency International welcomes a recent decision by Portugal’s Central Court of Criminal Investigation to order the seizure of all assets held in the country by Isabel dos Santos, businesswoman and daughter of the former President of Angola. “The decision to freeze all of dos Santos’s assets in Portugal is an important step towards justice,” said Karina Carvalho, Executive Director of Transparency International Portugal. Last month, a Portuguese court ordered freezing of dos Santos’s bank accounts following a request from Angolan authorities to help the country recover over US$2