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1970 The United States and the USSR ratified the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
1970 The Central Committee of CPSU restored the national autonomy of the Kalmyks, Karachais, Balkars, Chechens and Ingush.
1970 Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species - the first edition was sold out in a day.
24 November
1970 The United States and the USSR ratified the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
1970 The Central Committee of CPSU restored the national autonomy of the Kalmyks, Karachais, Balkars, Chechens and Ingush.
1970 Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species - the first edition was sold out in a day.
Energy company linked to corruption scandal files for bankruptcy
The Dutch company Exem Energy, which the sources associate with the daughter of the ex-President of Angola, Isabel dos Santos, has declared insolvency. This happened after a court of the Netherlands found that the owner had acquired the assets of the company in the amount of ˆ 650 million as a result of a major corruption transaction. International arbitration ordered to return the assets to the Angolan Sonangol state fuel corporation.
The Exem Energy’s case was actively pursued by the international consortium of journalists ICIJ. The materials of the court dealt with controversial transactions, many of which were concluded back in 2006. Then the significant assets were at the disposal of the Dutch company.
In early 2020, Forbes estimated the fortune of Isabel dos Santos at $ 2.2 billion, calling her the richest African woman.
In addition, the woman ran a telecommunications and diamond mining business, registering her assets through firms in Portugal and the Netherlands. As a result, Angola confiscated her assets worth $ 1.1 billion.
Angolan lawyers believe that the sale of Sonangol assets to Exem did not make sense for the Angolan economy. This was done solely to enrich the family of the former president of the country. Sonangol lost 40% of the offshore holding company Esperaza, selling it to Exem, which was owned by Isabelle's late husband.
The Exem Energy’s case was actively pursued by the international consortium of journalists ICIJ. The materials of the court dealt with controversial transactions, many of which were concluded back in 2006. Then the significant assets were at the disposal of the Dutch company.
In early 2020, Forbes estimated the fortune of Isabel dos Santos at $ 2.2 billion, calling her the richest African woman.
Since 2013, Isabelle has been a citizen of the Russian Federation (the mother of the Angolan ‘princess’ Tatyana Kukanova lives in the UK).
This year, Forbes removed the business woman from the list of the rich in Africa, being skeptical about the assets of Isabel dos Santos, which were arrested in Angola. According to a number of non-governmental organizations, her enrichment was made possible by the corruption in the government of Angola. After Isabelle's father retired in 2017, his successor fired his daughter from her position of the head of the state fuel company Sonangol, which she had held since 2016.In addition, the woman ran a telecommunications and diamond mining business, registering her assets through firms in Portugal and the Netherlands. As a result, Angola confiscated her assets worth $ 1.1 billion.
Angolan lawyers believe that the sale of Sonangol assets to Exem did not make sense for the Angolan economy. This was done solely to enrich the family of the former president of the country. Sonangol lost 40% of the offshore holding company Esperaza, selling it to Exem, which was owned by Isabelle's late husband.
Isabelle dismisses accusations of corruption, calling the current situation a ‘witch-hunt’ that the Angolan authorities are waging against the potential political opponents.
Despite the fact that many of her assets have been seized, she has been living in Dubai since 2017, where she owns a house on a private island. Isabelle owns a yacht valued at $ 35 million and resides in London. It is believed that a citizen of Russia and Angola has bank accounts that the law enforcement agencies cannot trace. 13.10.2021
