Reported by: Fergus Shiel and Micael Pereira

The international police organization Interpol has issued a warrant for the arrest of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, according to sources.

Dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s former authoritarian president José Eduardo dos Santos, was the subject of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ 2020 Luanda Leaks investigation.

Luanda Leaks reporting showed how insider deals, political connections and an army of Western enablers helped dos Santos amass a fortune.

The exposé revealed how the billionaire and her allies benefited from lucrative deals in diamonds, telecommunications, banking and real estate.

According to Portugal’s press Lusa news agency, Interpol issued the warrant following a request from Angolan prosecutors.

Polícia Judiciária sources in Lisbon said the Interpol warrant alleges dos Santos created corrupt financial mechanisms between 2015 and 2017.

The mechanisms, it alleges, were created “with the intention of obtaining illicit financial gains and whitewashing suspicious criminal operations.”

The sources said the warrant further alleges that dos Santos acted upon information she had obtained as then-head of Angola’s state oil company, Sonangol.

Lusa said dos Santos, 49, was wanted for alleged embezzlement, fraud, influence peddling and money laundering.

Read full report: https://www.icij.org/investigations/luanda-leaks/interpol-arrest-warrant-issued-for-angolan-billionaire-isabel-dos-santos/