The South African police (SAPS) has already authorized the transfer of the body of the former Portuguese banker João Rendeiro, after all forensic procedures have been carried out, such as an autopsy, to ascertain the causes and circumstances of death.

The transport of the remains of the former President of the Banco Privado Português (BPP) will be carried out, on Thursday, by a flight operated by the Angolan airline TAAG, and will cost about three thousand euros to the Portuguese State.

The Portuguese embassy in South Africa hired the services of an Anglo-South African funeral company in Johannesburg to send the body of the former banker to Portugal. The flight will make a technical stopover in the Angolan capital, said a source close to the process.

The removal of the body from the South African state morgue in Pinetown, Durban, where it remained for more than two weeks, took place on Friday afternoon and the transfer to Johannesburg took place the following day, conducted by the Portuguese authorities in South Africa.

Rendeiro had been detained in South Africa since December 11, 2021 awaiting extradition, after three months of evading Portuguese justice to avoid serving time in Portugal.

The former banker was 69 years old and was found dead on May 12 at Westville prison in Durban, more than 500 kilometers from Johannesburg, and preliminary data indicated the possibility of suicide.