Angolan courts could take action to seize dos Santos' assets abroad 'if necessary' - prosecution

Angolan courts have not taken any action to have billionaire ex-first daughter Isabel Dos Santos' assets seized abroad but "will not hesitate to resort to such mechanisms if necessary", a prosecution spokesman told Reuters.

The asset freeze pertaining to Isabel dos Santos, her husband Sindika Dokolo and associate Mario da Silva will not be treated as a corruption allegation because it is a civil matter related to debts owned to the state, spokesman Alvaro Joao said.

"The parties can resolve the case in a number of ways: recognising the debt to the state, and paying it, or taking it to the end of the case to let the courts decide," he said.

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