The Bank of Portugal is evaluating Angolan billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos ...
FILE PHOTO: Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and head of state energy giant Sonangol, speaks during an interview in Luanda, Angola June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Ed Cropley
LISBON - The Bank of Portugal is evaluating Angolan billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos Santos’ suitability as a shareholder of Portuguese banks, it told Reuters on Thursday, after an Angolan court ordered that her assets in the country be frozen earlier this week. A Luandan court document dated Dec. 23 ordered an asset freeze of the personal bank accounts of dos Santos, her husband Sindika Dokolo and Mario da Silva in Angola as well as stakes they hold in nine Angolan firms after the government accused them of causing the state losses of over $1 billion.
Dos Santos and her husband have denied the allegations, calling them “politically motivated”. Da Silva, chairman of Banco de Fomento Angola , has not publicly commented. Dos Santos holds significant stakes in several important Portuguese firms, including a 42.5% stake in Eurobic bank and shares in telecoms company NOS (
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