Mozambique’s Attorney-General, Beatriz Buchili, on Wednesday said that terrorists have been using technological infrastructure to finance their extreme violence activities, including recruitment, grooming and fund-raising.
Speaking at the Assembly of the Republic (AR), Mozambique’s parliament, Buchili said that in 2022, the Attorney-General’s Office (PGR), had seen a flow of suspect monetary transactions made by both institutions and private individuals, using bank and mobile money transfers to people located within the conflict area, namely Mocímboa da Praia, Palma, Nangade, Muidumbe, Macomia and Quissanga.
Buchili also said that the case files showed that some Mozambican had been used to open companies on behalf of foreign investors, who then repatriate hard currency under the guise of buying commodities in international markets, in what can be defined as money-laundering, leading to the financing of terrorism.
Comment
Mozambique Insights understands that the PGR has been shopping for invasive technologies to be able to better monitor and track criminal activities, including terrorism. As such, there are ongoing negotiations between a Mozambican and an Israeli companies aimed at the purchase and supply of such technologies.
Also, the hope within the PGR is that such technologies could boost its capacity to investigate other types of crime, especially kidnappings, which it suspects have little resolution because part of the police top brass profit from kidnappings.
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