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Buchili challenges prosecutors to fight environmental crimes and illegal migration – Mozambique
1:28 CAT | 10 Apr 2018
O País / Attorney General of Mozambique Beatriz Buchili
Ninety-one District Public Attorneys in the central part of the country were called upon to intervene in the fight against environmental crimes, including illegal logging, by Attorney General Beatriz Buchili at the opening of a regional meeting of prosecutors.
Buchili also wants to see greater intervention in illegal migration and human trafficking. Twenty-two Ethiopians were found dead in a forest bordering Maringué and Cheringoma districts in the north of Sofala province in December last year.
The attorney general said she had no doubt that illegal migration networks in Mozambique were large and sophisticated, and that district attorneys must take the lead in combating this type of crime.
Buchili said that, as district level courts were competent to prosecute maximum penalty crimes, it was essential that prosecutors hold the authors of these crimes accountable.
Referring to the illegal logging, Buchilli said: “We have been seeing very negative impacts of collective rights such as environmental and health laws, and we are called upon to intervene in these matters. The greatest incidence of violations is in the districts, as regards the illegal exploitation of wood, minerals and so on.”
Cross-border crimes are also of concern to the attorney general, who wants her two-day meeting with prosecutors, especially those working in border areas, to establish measures to discourage and control them for the sake of communities’ well-being.
Source: O País
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