Carlos São Vicente, who was heard this Tuesday for the second time, for about seven hours at the National Directorate of Investigation and Penal Action (DNIAP), an agency assigned to the PGR, was taken to Viana prison in Luanda.
At stake is an investigation involving a bank account of Carlos São Vicente frozen in Switzerland on suspicions of money laundering with about 900 million dollars, the equivalent of 752 million euros, according to a Swiss blog that follows judicial matters in that country.
In a statement to Lusa, the Penitentiary Services spokesman confirmed Carlos de São Vicente's entry into the Viana prison establishment, where he will initially be quarantined due to covid-19 and later move on to the accommodation cells.
According to Menezes Cassoma, a space has been created for the quarantine, with separation made according to the dates of entry.
The judicial authorities have already ordered the seizure of several buildings belonging to the AAA group, owned by businessman Carlos São Vicente, which is being investigated in Switzerland for embezzlement and money laundering.
The National Asset Recovery Service of the PGR issued a statement announcing the seizure of the AAA buildings, the IU and IKA hotels, located throughout the country, and the IRCA building on Rua Amílcar Cabral, in Luanda.
The PGR justified the seizure with evidence of embezzlement, economic participation in business, influence peddling and money laundering, crimes for which it was indicted about two weeks ago.
After the buildings, the National Asset Recovery Service of the PGR announced the seizure of the 49 percent minority stake of AAA Activos in Standard Bank Angola, where the businessman is a non-executive director, having requested suspension of functions for the duration of the process.
On Friday, source of PGR confirmed to Lusa that was requested the freezing of accounts and seizure of assets of Irene Neto, daughter of the first Angolan president, Agostinho Neto, having been sent letters rogatory to Portugal and Luxembourg requesting the collaboration of the judicial authorities in these investigations.
The AAA, led by Carlos São Vicente, is one of the largest Angolan business groups, operating in the area of insurance and hospitality.
