The subject of ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks investigation is being sued by Angolan telecom operator Unitel over loans made to a Netherlands-registered company she controlled.
Four advocacy organizations have written to authorities in Portugal and Angola, demanding to know what has become of assets seized from Angolan former first daughter Isabel dos Santos’ sprawling financial empire.
The eldest daughter of Angola’s former autocrat has found cover in the United Arab Emirates, where she, her mother and a business associate are linked to multiple properties, Dubai Unlocked reveals.
The ultra-rich daughter of Angola's former president and her advisors are accused of defrauding the country of $219 million, including through financial schemes uncovered by ICIJ.
From government probes to police raids and pop culture, the impact of ICIJ’s unflinching reporting reverberated around the world.
The daughter of Angola’s authoritarian former president is accused of procuring loans for her “own personal benefit” while she was a director of an Angolan telecommunications company.
The global accounting and auditing firm has featured in multiple ICIJ investigations, as well as legal and ethical dustups around the world.
Dozens of charges against Pinto — who is also the source behind ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks — were dropped due to a recent amnesty. He faces 377 charges in a separate case tied to the exposé that revealed the dark underbelly of the global football industry.
The source of ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks and a separate exposé that rocked the global soccer industry faces 377 new charges and the prospect of another trial, despite an anticipated amnesty.
The daughter of Angola’s former authoritarian president siphoned 52.6 million euros from Angola’s state oil company into a business she controlled.
Three years after Luanda Leaks exposed how Africa’s wealthiest woman created a shell empire to move tainted billions, the billionaire and her financial advisers continue to be dogged by investigations.
Sources say Interpol's "Red Notice" for dos Santos relates to allegedly corrupt dealings exposed in ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks investigation.
For a decade, ICIJ has revealed the financial secrets of Russia’s most powerful people. Our team is mining millions of leaked files for new revelations.
The Pandora Papers shed new light on the offshore dealings of powerful figures close to Angola’s former president who were recently sanctioned by the U.S.
ICIJ’s 2020 Luanda Leaks investigation revealed how decades of inside deals turned dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s longtime former ruler, into Africa’s richest woman.
KfW-Ipex-Bank, an import-export bank, had loaned more than $55 million through an Angolan bank to a brewery controlled by Isabel dos Santos.
An international tribunal ruled that the billionaire and her late husband corruptly obtained a lucrative stake from the state oil company Sonangol.
ICIJ's editors share reflections from behind the scenes of two award-winning investigations.
Dos Santos partnership with Angolan state oil company ‘null and void,’ court-appointed director says, following an inquiry prompted by ICIJ’s Luanda Leaks.
On the fifth anniversary of the Panama Papers’ launch, experts say there’s been progress in the fight against dirty money — but much more is needed.
The Angolan billionaire’s company had “no intention” to carry out economic activity in Malta, the island nation's authorities said.
Boston Consulting Group, PwC, and McKinsey made tens of millions from a project to modernize state-owned oil company Sonangol, despite red flags indicating corruption.
The acquisition was bankrolled by state oil company Sonangol, whose lawyers now allege that the deal enriched Angola’s former ruling family at the expense of the country.
ICIJ and the Global Alliance for Tax Justice among nominees that also include Committee to Protect Journalists, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Luanda Leaks showed how the mobile company became a cash cow for the Angolan billionaire. It’s now seeking repayment of loans totalling $430 million.