A source from this Spanish special court, which deals with this type of case, told Lusa that Carlos Panzo, who is on probation, is expected to appear, and that the decision on the extradition request should be made in the following days.
In November 2017, the Spanish Public Prosecutor's Office initiated proceedings against Carlos Panzo, the former secretary for economic affairs of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, who had exonerated him in October of the same year.
According to the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Angola, an "investigation is under way to investigate a complaint about criminal acts" under international law.
According to the press, Carlos Panzo is being investigated following a complaint in which he allegedly received commissions totalling US$11 million, paid by a Brazilian company, Odebrecht, in several tranches through a bank account in Switzerland.
Carlos Aires da Fonseca Panzo was initially arrested in Spain in September last year at the request of the Angolan PGR.
The Odebrecht case is an investigation initiated by the United States Ministry of Justice, together with 10 other Latin American countries, into the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
This company had, in the last 20 years and to obtain public law contracts, bribed and made payments to Presidents, former Presidents and government authorities in 12 countries: Angola, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Mozambique, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic, United States and Venezuela.