The Public Prosecutor's Office, through the Central Office for Combating Organized and Transnational Crime, has seized a total of 13 luxury vehicles from people involved in money laundering, document forgery, tax fraud, abuse of fiscal trust, criminal association and the use of false documents.

As part of the "Operation Stop BC" case, number 3/GCCCOT/2022, the Public Prosecutor's Office revealed yesterday, Friday (12), that the number of companies accused has now risen to 48, most of which are located in the cities of Nampula, Nacala and Maputo.

In addition, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office document and to which the MZNews had access to, the amount that had previously been revealed as having been expatriated, between the years 2019 and 2023, with allegations of importing various goods, rose from 330.2 million dollars to 802.4 million, the equivalent of 50.7 billion meticais, without the supposed imported goods having entered the country.

According to the same press release, the Public Prosecutor's Office said that in the same case, several assets of those involved are being seized.

"So far, 54 properties have been seized, namely: hotel and tourism properties, commercial establishments, company premises, residences, buildings under construction and other properties belonging to the defendants," reads the note.

The document also states that of the 40 defendants so far charged, six are in pre-trial detention, three are out on bail and the rest are on the run.

Also, in the context of preventing and combating money laundering, the Public Prosecutor's Office has opened another case in which seven defendants were arrested, three of whom are foreign nationals, and four of whom were released on bail.

"In the same files, a total of 54.1 million meticais transferred to the Single Treasury Account (CUT) was seized," he concluded.

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