Angolan tycoon Álvaro Sobrinho suspected of bribing Lisbon Appeal Court judge to free impounded property empire
Billionaires Africa | 03.05.2026 18:51
Álvaro Sobrinho, the Angolan-Portuguese businessman who ran Banco Espírito Santo Angola and faces a long-running fraud trial in Portugal, is now suspected of having bribed a Lisbon appeal court judge to secure the release of his impounded property empire, valued at 80 million euros, according to Portuguese media reports.