The Attorney General's Office (PGR) announced yesterday that it has opened criminal proceedings against a fund coordinator at the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD).

"Because there are strong indications of the commission of crimes of economic participation in business and abuse of office or function, criminal proceedings were initiated against the server [...] and he was charged on December 6, 2022," says a note from the PGR distributed to the media yesterday.

The note from the Public Prosecutor's Office, quoted by Lusa, also highlights the existence of another 2020 case against four other civil servants, suspected of "fraudulently concluding" contracts for the supply of goods and services.

The accused "would take advantage of amounts over 100% of the value indicated in the contracts, that is, they took the difference between the cost of acquisition by the supplier and the price paid by the State, which was inflated", the note reads.

In February of this year, the Mozambican non-governmental organization (NGO) Centro de Integridade Pública (Center for Public Integrity) accused the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD) of mismanagement and corruption, detailing cases of embezzlement that call into question the entity's performance.