Mozambican businessman Junaide Lalgy escaped an attempted kidnapping on Wednesday night in the city of Matola, Maputo province, moments after leaving the mosque. According to information obtained by MZNews, the owner of the Lalgy transport company and the Black Bulls soccer club found his vehicle blocked by...
A 43-year-old woman has been charged by the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) for having faked her own kidnapping. The aim was to extort 100,000 rand (around 400,000 meticais) from her lover. According to STV, the woman was arrested on Sunday, two days after she was given...
A Portuguese-Mozambican citizen of Indian descent who was kidnapped last Wednesday in Maputo has no business history, said the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM). Quoted by Expresso, PRM spokesman Lionel Muchina said that after a survey at the scene of the kidnapping, it was found that "the family has no business history". On the morning of the kidnapping,...
The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) says it is concerned about the worsening and lack of clarification about the wave of kidnappings of businesspeople at national level, especially in the city of Maputo. "We believe that profound changes need to be made both in the approach of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) against this evil, as well as in the...
An Indian businessman was kidnapped on Saturday in the Alto-Maé neighborhood of Maputo as a way of pressuring him to pay a debt of around four million meticais. Quoted by the O PAIS portal, the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), a group of criminals, now in the custody of the authorities, went to collect the...
The Beira court today acquitted the two members of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) accused of kidnapping a Frelimo member during the campaign for the local elections on October 11. According to the Lusa news agency, in reading out the decision, the judge in the case, Tomé Valente, justified the acquittal by...
According to SERNIC's spokesman in Maputo city, Hilário Lole, this Monday "it was possible to arrest four men of Mozambican nationality, aged between 26 and 50, who are suspected of having taken part in the kidnapping" of a businessman. It should be remembered that the kidnapping took place on September 27,...
Three suspects in the kidnapping of Mozambican businessman Sanjei Chadrakane are being held in the maximum security prison, known as the BO. They are Harum Rasid Mamud Ravat, 45, from India, Antonio Patricio, and Jorge Augusto. Jussubo António Patrício, 51, from Zambezia province. Jorge Augusto Almedsia Júnior, 26, from...
A citizen named Ibrahim, son of Afzal Issa, escaped an attempted kidnapping today at 1pm on Eduardo Mondlane Avenue, in front of the Charlot cinema. The data, which is still scarce and could be updated at any moment, indicates that an armed man questioned the victim and put a gun to his head, then tried to drag him to...
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) has arrested a man suspected of involvement in a kidnapping that took place in 2021 in the central province of Manica. "We had an arrest warrant against him for kidnapping an Indian man in 2021," said Paulo Candieiro, SERNIC spokesman. The man, whose nationality is still unknown, was arrested by...