UN, Mozambique and Portugal united in counterterrorism efforts – United Nations
Almost five years after the first terrorist attack in northern Mozambique, the strengthening of the response was the subject of a response meeting by the country, Portugal and the United Nations.
Organized crime in the fight against terrorism and to stop crime in Mozambican territory.
Collaboration
The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Unodc, in Mozambique, Marco Teixeira spoke about the initiative.
“Mozambique’s public policies are our framework for cooperation. In some way, the Maputo Roadmap, oriented or specific, can also work with some institutions. Cooperation with the Republic of Mozambique is based on mutual trust, on the set of tasks and, above all, on finding a solution for countries around the world to face terrorism, organized crime and illicit drug trafficking”.
In the last two years, 350 Mozambican specialists from various fields were trained with the support of the United Nations agency. As areas of technical and legal advice and training of the criminal justice system to terrorism and organized crime.
Mozambique recorded the first terrorist attack in early October 2011 in Mocímboa da Praia, a port city in the far north of Cabo Delgado province.
Isil
A year ago, the attack on the city of Palma took place. It included elements of the Armed Forces and other allied troops fighting terrorist terrorists linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIL.
The Judiciary Police of Portugal employs technicians to develop skills and capacity to investigate cases of terrorism effectively, as well as prevent and combat the growing fight against the country.
Manuela Santos is director of the National Counterterrorism Unit and explains that the cooperation model must be multiplied by the increase in terrorism across the globe. The goal is for the means of the judicial police to be an asset in counterterrorism actions in Mozambique.
“The issue of the criminal investigation police is fundamental. Partnership, knowledge and learning are many work-sharing phenomena. all this involvement is necessary. The linguistic issue greatly favors this exchange and this connection. Unod has made much of these goals possible. Because without this involvement things would be more at different levels. It’s been a remote job for several years now. It has been increasing. The partnership and collaboration is to be maintained.”
The Portuguese General Directorate of Justice coordinates external and cooperation relations between entities and services. The representative at the event of Mariana Sotto Maior, Deputy Director General of Justice Policy. She spoke of the articulation that includes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Camões Institute and Portuguese and Mozambican Justice Entities.
“Dgpj is the bridge within the Ministry of Justice. Availability such as possibilities and capabilities that we can enjoy and combine our availability with the needs and combinations that the Mozambican authorities may be in the requests. Make a will of will. And they are a chapter in the area of justice and then we will have to deliver new ones.”
The linguistic issue greatly favors this exchange and this connection. Unod has made a lot of our goals possible.
In the fight against terrorism advisory sets, Portuguese assistance in the partnership includes drafting laws, policies and others such as statistics and legislative sets.
controlled cases
The collection and preservation of evidence of terrorism is important for and, if analyzed, bring terrorists and supporters to justice, who support the rule of law.
The area of collaboration of the United Nations Office on Mozambican institutions and Crime in Mozambique involves the specialization of technicians, in addition to maintaining the training of specialized technicians.
The support started in 2019 also includes equipment for complex investigation of terrorism, its financing, forensic exploration and crime management to local investigators.
The Maputo Combat Roadmap as Capacity Building in Extremely Preventive Areas and Against Terrorism and Combating Violent Terrorism.