LUANDA: Visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday lauded Angolan President Joao Lourenco´s anti-corruption drive, which has seen him pursue his predecessor´s children over accusations they fleeced state coffers. Last month, Angola indicted Isabel dos Santos, the 46-year-old billionaire daughter of ex-president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, for a host of top-level financial crimes, including money laundering and influence peddling.
“During his first two-and-half years in office President Lourenco has done great work to make it (corruption) a ghost of the past,” Pompeo told a news conference during a one-day visit to Luanda where he held talks with Lourenco. “He has increased transparency, he has helped financial institutions clean up their books and he has pursued bad actors,” he said. “I´m optimistic that he will continue to liberate Angola from corruption.
The charges against Isabel dos Santos followed the January publication by international media outlets of a probe dubbed “Luanda Leaks” that claimed she fraudulently accumulated fortune estimated at $2.1 billion (1.9 billion euros).
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