The former football manager will have managed to create an ascendant over Congo’s presidential family. An ability to control or maneuver decisions in favor of the interests of the Brazilian construction company Asparagus. José Veiga and eight other defendants are now facing justice.
Eleven years later, there is finally . José Veiga, a former football manager, is accused of corrupting Congo’s presidential family to secure business in the country.
It seemed condemned to oblivion, but then, after more than a decade, the accusation of the Atlantic Route emerged.
José Veiga, former football manager, is accused for the Ministry Public of corrupting the presidential family of the Republic of Congowith whom manhave a close relationship, in the name of the interests of the Brazilian construction company Asparagus.
The gateway was the President’s son.
In the final report, there is two years, the Judiciary Police already wrote that José Veiga had managed to create an ascendant over the family, an ability to control or maneuver decisions, in favor of the interests of the family. Asparagus.
In particular the concession of public works contracts.
The Public Ministry understands that the deals were guaranteed, for example, with the delivery of a house in Estoril to the President’s son and an apartment in Lisboa and a house in Cascais for the Minister of State for Finance and Economy of Congo.
Businessman allegedly sent animals on a private jet
With the alleged support of businessman Paulo Santana Lopes, José Veiga also sent cattle, twenty ponies a pure Lusitanian blood and even exotic birds, sent on a private jet.
“It was all full of boxes with ostriches of various sizes and all around the plane. People had to climb over the boxes to sit down. It was a little strange”, says Artur Nogueira, an ostrich breeder, to SIC.
José Veiga is one of the nine accused. He is responsible for seven crimes of corruption, money laundering and tax fraud, while businessman Paulo Santana Lopes is responsible for six.
The Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action also understands thatra judgment the minister and son of the President of the Republic of Congo.
