"We have already sent all the necessary documentation to Dubai, to the United Arab Emirates and we hope that they will comply," said Hélder Pitta Grós at the end of a visit to his Portuguese counterpart.
Furthermore, he said, "we made specific visits to the Emirates so that we can contact the competent authorities and we hope that they will say something, it is no longer up to us".
In statements to journalists in Lisbon, the PGR regretted that the Arab authorities did not arrest businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, but highlighted that the most important thing is that the daughter of the former president of the Republic makes herself available to the authorities.
"No one detains a person for the pleasure of detention, but at least we hope that [Isabel dos Santos] will be available to Angola's justice bodies; until this happens, it is difficult for the processes to be concluded," said the prosecutor.
Stressing that the reason for the visit to Lisbon was not the discussion about any specific case, but rather the presentation of greetings to the new Portuguese prosecutor and the expression of availability for continued collaboration, Pitta Grós also responded to Isabel dos Santos' defense, who argues that the charges against him are a political process.
"The best way for it to demonstrate that it is a political process is to make itself available to the Angolan justice bodies and then be able to show (as you say), with concrete evidence, that it is a political process and not that there are illicit facts, is the best way to do it", said the prosecutor.
"The important thing is that you make yourself available to us so that the process can be concluded, whether by arrest or by presenting your free will," he repeated.
Daughter of the former president of the Republic and previously considered the richest woman in Africa, Isabel dos Santos, who has lived outside Angola for several years, is accused of 12 crimes in a case involving her management at the head of the state oil company Sonangol between 2016 and 2017.
The International Investigative Journalism Consortium revealed in 2020 more than 715 thousand files, under the name of Luanda Leaks, which detail alleged financial schemes by Isabel dos Santos and her husband, Sindika Dokolo, now deceased, which would have allowed them to withdraw money from the public treasury Angolan public through tax havens.
The businesswoman has maintained her declaration of innocence, arguing that this is a political process brought by the current government with the aim of denigrating the image of the former president's family.
