Beatriz Buchili called on all magistrates to remain “firm in the fulfillment of their mission to combat organized crime” and not to allow themselves to be intimidated or give in to threats.
The Attorney General of the Republic of Mozambique, Beatriz Buchili, denounced this Monday “attempts to intimidate” magistrates and investigators of the Public Ministry, which aim to discourage investigation and combat organized crime in the country.
“As a result of our actions”We have been registering attempts to intimidate magistrates and investigators to dissuade them from continuing with their mission,” Beatriz Buchili said today, at the opening of the meeting of the Central Offices for the Fight against Corruption, Organized and Transnational Crime and Asset Recovery, which will run until June 20, in Maputo.
He stated that prosecutors and other professionals involved in the investigation and combat of crimes of terrorism, drug trafficking and money laundering, as well as in the recovery of assets in these processes, face threatshighlighting that such acts constitute “an affront to the administration of Justice and weaken the institutions of Justice.”
We encourage all judges and other colleagues to don’t be intimidatedto remain firm in fulfilling their mission of combating organized crime,” he said, adding that the Attorney General’s Office will not allow crime to continue taking lives and wasting resources, making national development unviable.
He also stated that the fight against organized crime can only be effective through the application of sanctions “with appropriate penalties,” highlighting the need for those convicted to be deprived of illicitly acquired assets, resulting in their loss in favor of the State or the victims. . .
We want to praise progress that the government has been registering in the implementation of the Asset Management Office, through the launch of the Asset Management Portal, which aims to strengthen the transparency, efficiency and responsibility in its management and accountability to society,” he added.
Beatriz Buchili also recognized that the Public Ministry faces difficulties in terms of human Resources specialized, researchers Is analysts financial resources, as well as insufficient material resources to effectively combat different types of crimes: “It is necessary to implement the Asset Recovery Office in the provinces, since this body currently only works with focal points and does not have a technical structure to support the exercise of the functions provided for by law.”
Buchili said that the country registers the emergence and growth of new criminal phenomena of a complex, organized and transnational nature, which challenge the Public Ministry to improve prevention and combat strategies.
It is crucial that there is a multidimensional approach to confront these crimes, which implies not only the application of the law, but also the exchange of information and collaboration between countries,” he stated.
Source: Observadora
