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...
FDS puts up a big fight in Mocímboa da Praia
Since dawn today, the Defense Forces of Mozambique, FDS and Rwanda have been fighting a major battle with the terrorists who attacked the village of Mbau, in the district of Mocímboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province. According to Zitamar, the insurgents blocked the N380 road between the villages of Chinda and...
GCCC holds first engagement meeting with focal points
Today in Maputo City, the Central Office for Combating Corruption (GCCC) held its first engagement meeting with the focal points of various institutions. The aim is to bring a new approach, greater articulation and closer ties to the activities aimed at strengthening integrity, prevention and the fight against corruption in the institutions of...
Cabo Delgado: Defense forces fight in pursuit of terrorists
The Mozambican Defense and Security Forces are fighting and chasing terrorist groups from the forests of Meufi district, in Cabo Delgado province. According to a Local Force source quoted by DW on Thursday, these are terrorists who allegedly fled the Quissanga district, passing through the communities of Nanlia and...
Zambézia: UNICEF to disburse 40,000 dollars to combat child marriages
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, will disburse around 40,000 dollars this year for activities to promote children's rights, combat child marriages and climate change in Zambezia. The information was provided this Monday in Quelimane by Sabine Miquils, an adolescent and youth specialist at UNICEF, according to...
Cartoon: In Mozambique, the corrupt are the same people who are supposed to fight and judge the corruption crystallized in the minds of Mozambicans
The academic, Patrício José, says that corruption is a phenomenon that has already crystallized in the minds of Mozambicans and that the fight against "de-crystallization" requires a lot of effort from the leader of this process. "The fight against corruption is a tough fight, because it's somewhat crystallized in our consciousness," he said, noting that "naturally" citizens have taken on the...
Mozambique approves National Strategy to Combat the Financing of Terrorism 2024-2029
On Tuesday, the Mozambican government, through the Council of Ministers, approved the Strategy for Combating the Financing of Terrorism 2024-2029, an instrument that will facilitate the implementation of the recommendations of the national assessment of the risks of financing this activity. In addition to serving as a reference point for those involved in the...
US government invests 1.8 billion to fight pollution in poor communities
The US government will make around 1.8 billion euros available to communities, states and tribes to combat pollution and develop clean energy in disadvantaged areas. The investment is seen as the largest ever in environmental justice issues. The administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Regan, said quoted...
Mozambique falls into the net of illegal fishing and loses 70 million dollars a year
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries (MIMAIP), Maria Ascensão Pinto, revealed on Wednesday in Maputo that Mozambique loses between 60 and 70 million dollars every year due to illegal fishing. Speaking at the opening of the Global Forum of the EAF-Nansen Program, she said that the issue of illegal fishing...