In Cabo Delgado, 14 kg of drugs seized in one of the operations carried out this year were incinerated by the Ministry a few days ago. It involved fourteen kilograms of hashish, found in the possession of four young men who are awaiting trial in prison, according to "O País". The incinerated drugs were seized in the Carioca neighborhood, a suburb of the city of Pemba,...
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CIP denounces selective action by the Public Prosecutor's Office in prosecuting criminal cases
The Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), a Mozambican non-governmental organization (NGO), believes that there is selective action by the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) when it comes to prosecuting electoral crimes and related acts. In a publication released today (25), the NGO warns that in the current electoral process, there has often been selective action by the Public Prosecutor's Office, in...
Magistrates are prepared to work with electoral crimes, says the PGR
The Attorney General of the Republic says that the judicial magistrates and the Public Prosecutor's Office are prepared to deal with any electoral offenses that may arise during this election. Beatriz Buchili was speaking on Wednesday morning after performing her civic duty at Josina Machel Secondary School in Maputo City. Quoted in the...
Money laundering: Public Prosecutor's Office seizes Fénix hotel in Nampula
The Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) has announced the seizure of a hotel establishment in the northern city of Nampula, in an operation to combat money laundering that has taken place over the last five years. According to a report by Televisão de Moçambique (TVM), the Attorney General's Office (PGR), through the operation called "Stop...
On the road to strikes: Prosecutors submit their demands to the government
Today, Wednesday, July 17, the Mozambican Association of Public Prosecutors (AMMMP) submitted a set of demands to the government. According to a note from the AMMMP, the prosecutors are demanding autonomy and financial independence for the Public Prosecutor's Office; improved salaries, allowances and security. The AMMMP's decision was taken at a session of the General Assembly held on July 6....
Public Prosecutor's Office seizes 13 luxury vehicles as part of anti-money laundering operation
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,...
Fighting organized crime: PGR defends the presence of the Public Prosecutor's Office in conducting criminal proceedings
The Attorney General of the Republic, Beatriz Buchili, says that the prevention and fight against organized and transnational crime, namely terrorism, kidnapping, drug trafficking, corruption, money laundering, involves the conduct of criminal proceedings by the Public Prosecutor's Office. According to Buchili, the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), as an auxiliary body of the Attorney General's Office...
Public Prosecutor's Office charges two citizens with terrorist crimes
The Central Office for Combating Organized and Transnational Crime (GCCCOT) has opened criminal proceedings against two nationals accused of terrorist crimes in Cabo Delgado province. The accused were picked up by the police authorities after being caught in March last year, in the town of Mocímboa da Praia, in possession of...
Public Prosecutor's Office accuses magistrates and police for freeing foreign drug trafficker
Ten citizens, including magistrates and police officers, are accused by the Zambezia Public Prosecutor's Office of criminal association, failure to promote criminal proceedings and abuse of office, for having freed a Tanzanian drug trafficker in 2021. The case was opened in 2021, and the defendants are a public prosecutor, a judicial magistrate...
December 10 elections: Gurué and Marromeu courts refer electoral crimes to the Public Prosecutor's Office
The courts in the districts of Gurué and Marromeu admitted that there was evidence of criminal activity during the repeat of the local elections held on December 10 - but nevertheless rejected the appeals filed by the opposition parties against the election results. According to the latest edition of the election bulletin issued...