The "kidnap and ransom business" in Mozambique has already earned the beneficiaries about $350 million, according to data compiled by the Mahometan and Hindu communities.

The information was recently advanced by a newspaper, and the same source mentions that these communities have proposed hiring international investigators to capture the mandates of the kidnappings and abductions.

The reasons for such a proposal seem to be unknown, but remember that recently the Attorney General of the Republic, Beatriz Buchilli, admitted in parliament that there are agents of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique, namely, the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) involved in the kidnapping and abduction schemes.

"This proposal would have been delivered to the Minister of Interior, [at the time], Amad Miquidade, and was later delivered to the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, but was refused by SERNIC," it reads.

Recall also that in the recent past, in March 2022, audio conversations circulated of alleged inmates and SERNIC agents plotting to assassinate Momade Assife Abdul Satar, better known as Nini Abdul Satar. The murder did not take place.

The victims of kidnappings and abductions are often citizens of foreign origin "linked to medium and large businesses," according to the source, who says there are people linked to the ruling party benefiting from it.

Recently, a citizen, identified as Ebraim Seedat (of Asian origin and with dual nationality, Portuguese and Mozambican), was kidnapped on Thursday (07), in the city of Chimoio, Manica province, about a week after the kidnapping of Ahmed Anwar, of Indian origin, owner of the Royal Hotel and agent for Vodacom Stores in the city of Maputo.

Anwar was kidnapped in the vicinity of the official residences of the General Commander of Police and the Director General of SISE, located in the luxurious neighborhood of Sommershield II.

In a crime assessment presented earlier this month, Beatriz Buchili noted that kidnapping crimes have been on the rise and criminal groups have cross-border ramifications, maintaining cells in countries like South Africa.

According to Buchili, 14 criminal cases for kidnapping were registered in 2021, compared to 18 in 2020, but there are other cases that escape the official accounting, and in most the outcome is unknown.

The attorney general also said that the "kidnap victims" are "constantly blackmailed" by the kidnappers, even after their release, to continue paying them sums of money, aggravating the feeling of insecurity.