Mozambique: Criminal proceedings against 2 citizens accused of financing terrorism, information gathering, and criminal association

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Mozambique: Criminal proceedings against 2 citizens accused of financing terrorism, information gathering, and criminal association

9:09 CAT | 23 Apr 2024

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The Central Office for Combating Organized and Transnational Crime has initiated criminal proceedings against two Mozambican citizens accused of financing terrorism, information gathering, joining a terrorist organization, and criminal association.

The individuals were arrested red-handed in March of last year in the municipal town of Mocímboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province, in possession of 885,500 meticais and various food items destined for the terrorist group encamped in the region.

In a statement, the institution noted that it was found that the defendants, in addition to purchasing food items, acquired SIM cards, mobile phone operator recharge vouchers, and sent them to the leader of the terrorist group, who then distributed them to other members.

The SIM cards, after being used, were destroyed to erase traces and evade justice, and with the money, they acquired information intended for the leader of the terrorist group about the location, movement, and position of the Defense and Security Forces, the document reads.

Source: RM