According to a statement from the National Asset Recovery Service of PGR, the Adli Building and Thyke Hotel (Tower) in Luanda, a building adjacent to the terminal of the Macon bus carrier, in the vicinity of the AAA group claims center, and the buildings 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 located in the Sodimo condominium on Praia do Bispo were seized.
A PGR source told Lusa that the former president of the flag oil company and former vice-president of Angola had his office in a building of this condominium.
The seizures are the result of a patrimonial investigation process for the crimes of embezzlement, economic participation in business, influence trafficking and money laundering.
As a trustee, he was appointed the General Safe of Justice.
Carlos de São Vicente, married to Irene Neto, daughter of the first President of Angola, Agostinho Neto, was charged and arrested on Tuesday, after being heard for the second time and over seven hours in the National Directorate of Investigation and Penal Action (DNIAP), an agency assigned to the PGR, and was taken to the Viana prison in Luanda.
At stake is an investigation involving a bank account of Carlos de São Vicente frozen in Switzerland on suspicions of money laundering with about 900 million dollars, according to a Swiss blog that follows judicial matters in that country.
The Angolan judicial authorities had already ordered the seizure of several buildings of the AAA group, belonging to the businessman, which is being investigated in Switzerland for embezzlement and money laundering.
Among these were the AAA buildings, the IU and IKA hotels, located throughout the country, and the IRCA building on Amilcar Cabral Street in Luanda.
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, where the entrepreneur is a non-executive director, having requested suspension of functions for the duration of the process.
PGR also requested the freezing of Irene Neto's accounts and seizure of assets, and letters rogatory were sent to Portugal and Luxembourg requesting the cooperation of the judicial authorities in these investigations.
The AAA, led by Carlos São Vicente, is one of the largest business groups in the country, operating in the area of insurance and hospitality.
