Scheduled to begin this Tuesday at the Supreme Court, judge Anabela Valente announced in the presence of the defendants the postponement of the trial alleging that there had been a “neglect of a legal procedural formality”, provided for in the Angolan Procedural Code.
Generals Helder Vieira Dias Júnior and Leopoldino Fragoso do Nascimento, nicknamed 'Dino', and five other defendants, including three companies, are accused of the crimes of influence peddling and money laundering, among others, as part of a process also involving the Angolan branch of China International Fund.
Manuel Helder Vieira Dias, former Minister of State and Head of the Security House of former President José Eduardo dos Santos, is accused of crimes of embezzlement, embezzlement through fraud, document forgery, criminal association, influence peddling, abuse of power and money laundering, for a total of seven crimes.
