Mozambique now has an online platform for denouncing scams using telecommunications networks or electronic payment methods, which is a partnership between the Attorney General's Office (PGR), together with the National Institute of Communications of Mozambique (INCM), mobile phone operators, the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) and the Mozambican Association of Banks (AMB).
According to what was revealed in the presentation of the technological solution, it is the result of various situations of extortion of values through bank accounts, as well as electronic money accounts, which have been very recurrent in Mozambican territory in recent times.
On the online platform, the injured parties will be able to make complaints to investigate and hold fraudsters accountable, where for Beatriz Butchili, Attorney General of the Republic, this platform comes to establish an interinstitutional cooperation and collaboration mechanism to combat fraud.
“For us, the Public Ministry, this activity is the operationalization of the constitutional and legal command of access to justice in favor of the citizen, side by side with the green lines of service to the public”, said Butchili.
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On the other hand, for the Director General of SERNIC, Nelson Vicente, the new platform constitutes a great challenge for the institution and requires the adoption of modern technical means and scientific methods capable of assisting criminal investigation in Mozambique.
“Therefore, we hope that, with the effective implementation of this memorandum through a quick and punctual sharing of information, the conditions will be created for a swift investigation and instruction of criminal proceedings related to the illicit use of the telecommunications network or means of electronic payments that contribute to the practice of organized crime.”, pointed out Nelson Vicente.
Also at the event, the administrator of the Financial Stability Department at the Bank of Mozambique, Jamal Omar, appealed to all institutions participating in the platform to make full use of the formalized mechanisms, as well as speed up the investigation processes and clarification of situations of financial fraud.
It should also be noted that the platform could also facilitate the complaints of citizens who are in the most distant parts of the country.
