say duato to santos ruled on kolo for almost 40 years until $27.00 tane the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says shows he gave his daughter big chunks of some of the country's most valuable resources as she built a business empire that stretched from telecommunications to banking and construction prosecutors froze her bank accounts and assets last month our investigation which took 8 months and more than 100 journalists to complete found dos santos aided by her sort of qadri of western advisors funneled hundreds of millions of dollars and offshore shell companies and from there into all kinds of assets including luxury homes and big. businesses before being forced out by her father's successor. is a builder santos headed angola's national oil company sonnen goal but the new government suspended some of her projects and seized an estimated $1000000000.00 worth of assets in a corruption drive last month her half brother shows a fuller manor went on trial for corruption he's pleaded not guilty and goal is rich in oil and diamonds but it remains one of the world's poore

of former president really make a fortune and you investigate in alleges she became rich by stealing from the state . the dismissed claims she says she's a victim of witch hunt the international consortium of investigative journalist which the new allegations on sunday say they have evidence of massive wrongdoing by the former office talked. with me in the studio is. a journalist who's lived in writing about angola for many years welcome special they can now tell us more about the main allegations against isabel decide. well essentially it's a there's 2 questions one is about legality and one is about huge flows of wealth of angola and i think the big story here is that large amounts of money have gone out of angola money that could have been used for angola and development one of the one of africa's poorest countries but instead it's gone into a well a well to remains of offshore companies and real estate and and normal on shore companies all around the world and the question is whether you know whether this is happened legally or not and that's a very complex question but she says this is all a political witch hunt against her family you have a point well there's no doubt that she is a threat to the new governme

of millions of dollars of angolan government body to offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates the former president's daughter isabel dos santos last month prosecutors froze bank accounts and assets as part of a corruption probe she has dismissed these allegations as bicyclists. the number of ships being hijacked in the gulf of guinea has doubled in the past year the international maritime bureau warns the region has become the tories for piracy 90 percent of attacks take place there they've been chased from west african countries and meeting in senegal to try to find a solution as nicolas sarkozy ports from dhaka. it's a calling she often finds hard to explain it comes from a deep desire to defend her country and its waters after visiting senegal's naval headquarters on a school field trip 16 year old has made up her mind she'll be joining the navy in the since it's a noble cause protecting the ocean from polluting vessels and saving people's lives at sea even if it's dangerous i want to be part of the mission the navy is on a drive to

so that's why i created forbidden stories which is an international consortium of investigative journalists all around the world and both were there we are considering the work of our society reporters with with a lot of talented reporters there are savvy thank you so much for joining us on this summer anniversary 5 years on from the charley of doe attack to tell us about your efforts and your experience on that day we appreciate it. you're watching do that are you news coming up next in d w news business the wife of an ex nissan boss carlos gonyea is now wanted in japan as the fugitive prepares to face the media on wednesday from his hideout in 11th. all that more coming up with their heart out for us i'm sorry for the from the whole team here. every 2 seconds person is forced to flee their home. the consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises from around the world to. fuck a thing we don't have time to think i didn't go to university to.

of 715000 documents including contracts tax returns and e-mails seen by the international consortium of investigative journalists authorities and have frozen dos santos as assets in response to the accusations and public prosecutors in portugal where she holds stakes in several important firms have launched their own investigation into the caves now all this week we've been bringing you the latest developments from the world economic forum in davos switzerland this year climate change has taken center stage with german chancellor angela merkel among those calling for governments and businesses to take action to reduce environmental harm in her address she urged leaders to listen to the concerns of young people or comments where at all it's with those of us president donald trump who's accused of crimes activist pessimism. earlier our davos reporter gaited spoke about the issue of sustainability with an out of the u.n. development program he asked him how companies are transitioning to a low carbon economy. i don't think we should pretend that the transition to a low carbon economy suspends the laws of basic econ

of billions of dollars of angolan government money to offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates the former president's daughter isabella dos santos those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right afterward this. tool to use their own. material ration has this been addressed by took a listen what is the proposal. we meet with global news makers. the stories that. 0. oh god. why don't. i tell. you no growth in the you know for i think these. solo but i'll miss you. but i don't know me no mares so mild what a year so you so you know i listened to that one. but i mean. it's among the with us it is quarter in order much of texas. say. live. in the fault is. not here yet just. as in the. senate. or in the it's in the district go in the skies that the one thing the more i'm in thing. it does is there in the. clinton is only going to move the in the so in a while yes because on one of those it was the whole place the blame what do you listen to that will. live. live. hold on for. years is the be the form with the money you rea

the international consortium of investigative journalists have published detailing how africa's richest woman siphoned off p public money. the daughter of the angolta's former president is accused of corruption and exploiting her own country. she has now responded saying it's a political witch hunt to discredit her fatather. >> she is known as the princess . she is africa's richest woman with an estimated for tune of over $ $2 billllion at the e he an economic and financial empire. the business woman is also the daughter of the former president who led angoala for almost 40 queers. it was when she was in power that they had access to lucrative yet suspicious deals. the investigation alleges for example that the state's oil company sold investments to her husband for around $12 million which is now worth over $830 million. while, 115 million of payments to consultancy firms went through a dubai company controrolled by her parartners. the cocorruption scheme extende to real estate as well and two of the companies w were going t charge $500 million for a project in the reel estate developm

by the platform to protect whistle—blowers in africa, and shared with the international consortium of investigative journalists santos' wealth comes from some very dubious deals. her father is eduardo dos santos, who ruled angola for 38 years. and he followed a pattern. he would issue a decree or order. his daughter and her family would get deals. on land, telecoms, even for buying and selling angola's diamonds. the documents show, as the years go by, the deals keep coming, and her fortune grows. i think that she got the opportunity to become rich and take the opportunity that her father, by decree, would transfer state assets and state monies to her. take oil. angola has vast reserves. the state oil company, sonangol, gave isabel dos santos a very good deal on a very valuable asset. she was able to buy a lucrative stake in a portuguese energy company by paying only 15% upfront. the rest turned into a loan from sonangol. that deal made her three quarters of a billion euros. that's absolutely the definition of corruption. she was put in a favoured position because she was the daughter of the president. it got w

millions of dollars van gogh and government money to offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained hundreds of thousands of papers about isabella the sentences business empire she's the daughter of angola's former president had wanted to sentence and last month prosecutors froze have bank accounts and assets of corruption she's dismissed the allegations as a ground the critical vendetta well you can speak to ben holeman who's the chief reporter at the international consortium of investigative journalists he joins us now from washington d.c. mr holden welcome to the program this is really a story isn't it about how a small elite got rich at the expense of a nation and its people yeah that's right our investigation which took 8 months and more than a 100 journalists to complete found dos santos aided by her sort of qadri of western advisors funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into offshore shell companies and from there into all kinds of assets including luxury homes and big businesses from a portuguese oil giant to a sort of dish swiss jeweler that caters to the one pe

dollars from angola's government to benefit her own business dealings the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which. ses implicate isabel dos santos nicola gage has a story. she's facing allegations of fraud and corruption the daughter of angola's former president is a builder santos is at the center of an investigation now claiming she siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of government money to offshore accounts thank you for speaking to al-jazeera she called the corruption probe and all could straight attack against her saying her wealth is self-made and she hasn't done anything wrong this is a very concentrated attack it is an attack that has been very very well coordinated is an attack that is very much where did it between foreign media that is acting together with the angle of 30 is to try and create a false perception of my business. her father show say what i just sent us wrong done kolo for almost 40 years until 27 tane the international consortium of investigative journalists detained papers which it says shows he gave his daughter big chunks of some of the count

obtained by the platform to protect whistleblowers in africa and shared with the international consortium of investigative journalistsos' or wealth comes journalists. much of isabel dos santos' or wealth comes from some very dubious deals. her father is eduardo dos santos, who ruled angola for 38 years. and he followed a pattern. with an issue, decree or order, his daughter and her pattern. with an issue, decree or order, his daughterand herfamily would get deals. inland, telecoms, even buying and selling angola's diamonds. the documents show that as the years went by, the deals kept coming on her fortune the years went by, the deals kept coming on herfortune grew. the years went by, the deals kept coming on her fortune grew.|j the years went by, the deals kept coming on her fortune grew. i think she got the opportunity to become rich, took the opportunity that her father, by decree, would transfer state assets. take oil. angola has vast reserves. the state oil company, sun and gold, gave isabel dos company, sun and gold, gave isabel d os sa ntos company, sun and gold, gave isabel dos santos a very good deal on a ver

so that's why i created forbidden stories which is an international consortium of investigative journalists all around the world and both were there we are considering the work of assassinated reporters with a with a lot of paternity reporters there are shall we thank you so much for joining us on this summer anniversary 5 years on from the charlie of don't attack tell us about your efforts and your experience on that day we appreciate it. thank you so much thank you it's it's now the captain of the refugee rescue ship lifeline has been cleared of charges that he failed to properly register his vessel klaus peter reiss helped save more than 230 refugees from the mediterranean in june of 28 he faced 810000 euro fine in malta over claims that the ship was incorrectly registered but a court has now ruled he does not have to pay. in june 2018 more than $23050.00 g.'s drifted on a rubber boat off the coast of libya before the lifeline found them the captain wanted to save lives but felt that everywhere he looked obstacles were in his path it's a refused to allow his ship to dock for days. the wa

hundreds of millions of dollars from the government into offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates isabella shuttles last month prosecutors frozen assets as part of a corruption investigation and us president donald trump's legal team is expected to submit their defense arguments ahead of his impeachment trial in the senate which begins on tuesday they say as he was within his constitutional authority to press ukraine to investigate a democratic rival those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news continues right after counting the cost stay with us. they than this is counting the cost of al-jazeera a weekly look at the world of business and economics this week. much. monster 40 to 50. 2 are far. far far thank you i keep trying hard to. china capitulate and beijing deliver tens of billions in extra trade. american no problem to russia's pivot to the another pipeline via turkey into southern europe. south korea's. spy working struggling youth with no money and no hope of climbing the social escalate. 3 years ago president xi stood in front of

hundreds of millions of dollars from the government into offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates isabel dos santos those are the headlines i'll be back with the al-jazeera news hour in under 30 minutes time coming up next it's inside story with martine dennis still stay with us on august there. world leaders meeting in berlin agree to stop sending weapons to libya and for new talks and the civil war but on the ground the fighting goes on so will the many foreign countries feeding the conflict back off and who has the power to stop libya's slide further into crisis this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dennis now libya's civil war is now in its 6th year a host of countries is involved with turkey russia and france just to name a 3 providing support to the 2 sides vying for power the u.s. backed government of fire. and the wall after now on sunday at a summit in berlin world leaders agreed to respect the u.n. arms embargo and work towards a permanent ceasefire so d'argent have to both attended the talks but they didn't e

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of billions of dollars of angolan government money to offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates the former president's daughter is a bill dos santos those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right after inside story. growing frustration with lebanon's economic crisis protesters are angry that 3 months of anti-government demonstrations seem to have gone nowhere what's needed to break the stalemate in the 11th leadership willing to change the political system this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey for 3 months now people in lebanon have been demanding change worsening economic crisis means many can't find jobs pay for basic goods or even withdraw money from the bank or blaming political leaders for corruption and mismanagement and after months of peaceful rallies the protestors are calling for a week of rage police fire tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds near the parliament in beirut on saturday only 400 people were injured or testers are repeating their demand for lebanon se

hundreds of millions of dollars from the government into offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates isabel dos santos last month prosecutors froze her bank accounts and assets as part of corruption probe speaking exclusively to al-jazeera has called the accusations a coordinated political attack. this is a very concentrated attack it is an attack that has been very very well coordinated is an attack that is very much for it in between a foreign media that is acting together with the ngo and us already is to try and we ate a false perception of my business my business is a private business i work in the private sector i have built over 10 commercial companies in angola companies in retail so supermarkets cinemas shopping malls media telethon these are commercial companies that work every single day i've built 5 of and those most loved brands i have over 20000 employees greatly and one of those largest taxpayers so these companies are companies or commercial companies the word every day they serve thousands of being bought this is a politically

siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars out of i'm go into offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtain papers which it says implicates isabelle to santos in widespread corruption she has denied any wrongdoing. face to face is the program coming up next focusing on how a part of hate ended they'll be more news after that see a bit later. i think. that's my thought 1st thanks but they know we're join the nobel committee. for good or bad enough but their status often not that this prize winner. i would also like but take this opportunity. the problem right there late might come for a 3rd a lot of. state further than f. government here had the car to. go and make. that terrible wrong at the current to our country and. through the imposition of the system of about. december 1993 the packed house and on to city home owners nelson mandela the hero of the anti-apartheid struggle and frederick the clown the last white president of south africa ive years ago. people would have seriously question the sanity of anyone who would have predicted that mr madela and i would be joining the disapp

we're going to santos ruled on cola for almost 40 years until $27.00 tane the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says shows he gave his daughter big chunks of some of the country's most valuable resources as she built a business empire that stretched from telecommunications to banking and construction prosecutors froze her bank accounts and assets last month our investigation which took 8 months and more than 100 journalists to complete found dos santos aided by her sort of qadri of western advisors funneled hundreds of millions of dollars and offshore shell companies and from there into all kinds of assets including luxury homes and big. businesses before being forced out by her father's successor. is a builder santos headed angola's national oil company sonnen goal but the new government suspended some of her projects and seized an estimated $1000000000.00 worth of assets in a corruption dry last month her half brother shows a fuller manor went on trial for corruption he's pleaded not guilty and goal is rich in oil and diamonds but it remains one of the world's poorest

international airlines flight. leaked documents suggest that africa's richest woman siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars of angolan government money to offshore accounts the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained hundreds of thousands of papers about isabel dos santos as business empire as she's the daughter of angola's former president joseph it wadded dos santos last month prosecutors froze her bank accounts and assets accusing her of corruption she's dismissed the allegations as a ground political vendetta. china says it will step up efforts to contain the outbreak of a deadly new virus after new cases were confirmed the national health body says the transmission of the current a virus has not been completely mapped it's believed to have originated from an animal market in the central city of han 62 cases have now been confirmed in 2 people have died. police in hong kong have arrested a number of people taking part in a pro to protest thousands took part in sunday's rally which was cut short by violence between protesters and police who fired tear gas at the crowds and the protests have now been going on for months authorities have approved sunday's rally on the condition it stayed

millions of dollars of angolan government money to offshore accounts and the international consortium of investigative journalists obtained papers which it says implicates the former president's daughter let's not speak to is about the santos is joining us now again exclusively to discuss those new allegations against her thanks very much for your time with us on the al-jazeera news hour so lawanda leaks as they're being called reveal that you've got access to lucrative deals involving not involving lands oil diamond telecoms all of these industries now up until now you've called the charges in the allegations against you politically motivated as we heard you say just a moment ago but with these leaks do you still stand by that statement. but thank you for having me and to allow me to actually speak to you it's very important to understand is a very concerning time. worried about what's going on 1st this is a very concentrated attack it is an attack that has been very very well coordinated is an attack that is very much for it is a foreign media that is acting together with the engelhorn of thirty's to try and we