This Monday in Maputo, the Attorney General of Mozambique defended strengthening the accountability of public managers in cases of financial irregularities and promoting a “culture of transparency” on the part of the public ministry.
“For example, in administrative jurisdiction, we must remain resolute in ensuring the accountability of public managers, in ongoing proceedings for financial offenses, as well as in the fight against tax offenses,” said Beatrice Buchili during the opening of the Council meeting. Coordinator of the Public Ministry (MP) in the capital of Mozambique.
While she highlighted the progress made by Mozambique’s prosecutors in recent years, the Attorney General acknowledged the need to strengthen investigative capacity, emphasizing a greater focus on financial crimes.
“It is necessary to promote a culture of transparency in the management of public affairs,” he stressed.
Training staff in different jurisdictions should also be a priority for the MP, Buchili said, acknowledging that among the various challenges Mozambique faces today are “the complexity associated with organized and transnational crime and the protection of human rights.”
“We believe that we, as prosecutors, must improve by adopting better strategies to address the challenges that arise. (…) Therefore, we need to continue and guarantee the process of expanding our bodies,” he said.
Since April last year, the Central Directorate for Asset Recovery in Mozambique has recovered more than 1.385 million meticais (€20 million) from illicit sources, according to the government ministry.
This value represents an evolution compared to the previous period, when assets valued at 1.149 million meticais (almost 17 million euros) were returned, according to a document summarizing the work of the Mozambican MP over the past 12 months, which Lusa made available in April this of the year.
In total, during the period under review, Mozambican prosecutors conducted a total of 84 investigations into property and financial matters, at least 25 of which were completed.
Among the seized assets are 30 real estate objects and 48 vehicles, as well as an amount of approximately 214 million metises (three million euros).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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