It should be recalled that the Angolan businessman, former chairman of the Board of Directors of the AAA insurance company, was constituted accused about two weeks ago, being investigated for crimes of embezzlement, money laundering and influence peddling.
Speaking to RNA, the PGR spokesman said that "with a judicial decision by the Angolan courts, the Swiss authorities will hand over the 900 million dollars to Angola". According to Álvaro João, there are strong indications that the money results from advantages obtained through the crimes to which the entrepreneur is indicated, practiced in Angola.
He added that the National Director of Asset Recovery Services was already in Switzerland “even before the case was reported by the press”, and there is currently international judicial cooperation between the counterparts.
The investigations are continuing, with the PGR spokesman foreseeing the listing of more citizens in the process, likely defendants.
Carlos de São Vicente began to be heard last Tuesday - an interrogation deemed conclusive by the spokesman - and he is yet again to answer questions from the court.
After Swiss authorities had frozen 900 million dollars from the businessman's accounts at the end of August, the Angolan PGR ordered the seizure of several buildings and hotels belonging to the AAA group. 49 percent of AAA Activos' stakes in Standard Bank Angola were also seized.
