Angola

Profile

Relevant Laws

• 2019 Federal Criminal Code (Código Penal): prohibits passive (Articles 345 and 346) and active corruption (Articles 343 and 344), embezzlement (Articles 347 and 348) as well as corruption crimes against the market and economy (Articles 438-440)
• Public Probity Law (Lei da Probidade Pública) (Law No. 3 of March 29, 2010): defines public officials (Article 15) and regulates the receiving of offers by public officials (Art. 18), and has a dedicated chapter to improbity actions (Chapter III), among other provisions
• Public Procurement Law (Lei dos Contratos Píblicos) (Law No. 9 of June 16, 2016): defines conducts expected to be followed by public officials, such as avoiding engaging in fraud or corruption crimes(Article 8, “c”)
• Anti-Money Laundering, Countering Financing of Terrorism and Fight Against Proliferation of Mass Destruction Weapons of mass destruction (Lei de Prevenção e Combate ao Branqueamento de Capitais, Financiamento do Terrorismo e Proliferação de Armas de Destruição em Massa) (Law No. 5 of January 27, 2020) 
• Criminalization of Underlying Money Laundering Offenses (Lei sobre a Criminalização das Infracções Subjacentes ao Branqueamento de Capitais) (Law No. 3 of February 10, 2014):
• International Judicial Cooperation Law in Criminal Matters (Lei de Cooperação Judiciária Internacional em Matéria Penal) (Law No. 12 of June 17, 2015)

Enforcement Authorities

• The High Authority Against Corruption (Alta Autoridade Contra Corrupcao), created by Law 3 of April 5, 1996 but has not been operational since then.
• Criminal Investigation Services (Serviço de Investigação Criminal – “SIC”)
  • Direction for the Fight against the Corruption Crimes (Direcção Nacional de Combate aos Ilícitos Penais – “DNCIP”), created by Presidential Decree 78/18, of 15 March 2018
• National Police (Policia Nacional – “PN”)
  • Direction for Investigation of Criminal Acts (Direcção de Investigação de Ilícitos Penais – “DIIP”)
• Audit Court (Tribunal de Contas)
• Office of the Attorney General of Angola (Procuradoria-Geral da República)
  • Public Prosecution Office (Ministério Público – “MP”)
• Financial Intelligence Unit (Unidade de Informação Financeira – “UIF-Angola”)

Publicly-Available Resources

• World Bank country page for Angola
• Financial Action Task Force country page for Angola
• Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (“ESAAMLG”) country page for Angola
• OECD profile page for Angola
• U4 Expert Answer profile for Angola, published by U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Center and Transparency International, and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
• CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute country page for Angola
• Global Integrity – Africa Integrity Indicators for Angola