Nearly all roads led to Lisbon. The Luanda Papers exposed Portugal as the primary gateway for laundered money. Between 2015 and 2019, Isabel dos Santos used her influence to buy control of (a Portuguese bank) and NOS (a telecom giant). Internal emails showed bankers offering to hide account owner identities from Portuguese regulators.
It is possible the papers represent a proposal that was rejected, a fake designed to discredit Russia, or a genuine operational plan that was poorly executed. luanda papers