Portugal arrested the accounts of a richest woman with a Russian passport

The prosecutor's office of Portugal arrested the accounts of the richest woman in Africa, Isabelle soul Santush. This was reported by Reuters. The eldest daughter of the 38 years of President Angola is accused of corruption in his homeland. Now she lives in Dubai, and in terms of her assets declared herself as a Russian citizen.

The state of the entrepreneur is estimated at $ 2.3 billion, she is a richest resident of Africa according to Forbes magazine. In the Russian ranking of the magazine, it is not taken into account, but with her condition she would be a richest woman and would enter the consolidated list of 45 richest citizens.

According to Reuters sources, the Santush shower accounts are blocked in the largest bank of Portugal Millennium BCP, as well as in the small Portuguese bank Eurobic, in which it owned 42.5 percent of the shares. Assessment of the total volume of frozen funds is not given. In Angola, her assets were arrested by about $ 400 million.

Santush shower denies the charges of corruption. In January, in an interview with the BBC, she said that she was considering taking part in the elections of President Angola. However, the country's constitution forbids it to do this because of Russian citizenship.