in december 2011, human rights watch said that the government of angola should explain the whereabouts of us$32 billion missing from government funds linked to sonangol. a december 2011 report by the international monetary fund said that the government funds were spent or transferred from 2007 through 2010 without being properly documented in the budget. the imf was assured that most of $32 billion was being used for legitimate government reasons and considered to be "found".