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“The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets”

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The global hunt for the Dos Santos family assets

Following a large number of legal proceeding filed against the family of Angola's former president José Eduardo dos Santos, the government of president João Lourenço has asked a dozen countries to freeze the assets of the Dos Santos family, in particular those of the former president's daughter Isabel dos Santos. Many of these countries see this request as a golden opportunity to forge closer ties with Angola.

Isabel dos Santos is the eldest daughter of former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017. © REUTERS/Toby Melville

The UAE usually ignores foreign requests for judicial cooperation regarding its offshore hubs but has bent over backwards to accommodate Angola's investigations into the family of former president José Eduardo dos Santos. By doing so, the Emirates are not only forging stronger ties with Luanda but also earning money-laundering brownie points. [...] (364 words)

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Mauritius Commercial Bank ordered to disclose its dos Santos accounts

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Lourenço follows dos Santos asset trail to Singapore Free

Angola's justice ministry has previously asked Emirati and Mauritian authorities to help it locate the assets of the dos Santos family. Now it is taking the treasure hunt all the way to Singapore. Isabel dos Santos, for her part, is fighting back in court in London.

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Lourenço solicits cooperation from the Emirates, Mauritius and Monaco in battle against Dos Santos family

The Angolan Ministry of Justice is requesting help left and right to round up and potentially freeze the assets of the former president's daughter, Isabel Dos Santos.

Coutinho Nobre Miguel, dubbed the MPLA's banker. He was the boss of Banco Sol until last year and remains a major shareholder. © Coutinho Nobre Miguel/Facebook

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Banco Sol struggles to shake reputation as MPLA's bank

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Away from the courtrooms, the government and the dos Santos clan wage a secret war

Already engaged in innumerable court cases and arbitration battles, the smallest details of which are dutifully publicized by their respective PR teams, the family of ex-president dos Santos and the Angolan state are also fighting another less public, much less procedural battle.

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