Angola: Cotton Candy At Angola’s Tax Authority (Part II)

“I set up the company to provide an outlet for the Portuguese companies’ products.” Carla Castelo Trindade’s explanation was blunt. The Portuguese lecturer had taught José Leiria, formerly chairman of Angola’s General Tax Administration, or AGT, and now secretary of state for tax affairs. Business between AGT and In Pressionante Kianda generated invoices for three cotton candy machines, of which the company’s Angolan manager says he received only one, and transfers of hundreds of thousands of…