The Mozambican President (PR), Filipe Nyusi, highlighted this Friday (23) the modernisation of telecommunications as a crucial factor in preventing and combating organised crime and terrorism, noting the importance of public security for the country’s economic and social development, Lusa reported.
‘Mozambique faces major challenges in internal security. As such, there is a need to invest in preventing and combating organised and transnational crime, such as kidnappings, vehicle theft, drug trafficking and trafficking in human beings, illegal immigration, smuggling of goods and terrorism,’ said Nyusi.
The president’s statements were made during the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Ministry of the Interior’s Integrated Information Centre, a project supported by South Korea.
‘The centre will promote the modernisation of communications between the units of the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) and the National Public Salvation Service (SENSAP),’ said the head of state, explaining that the initiative also includes the introduction of state-of-the-art technologies, which will allow the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) to automatically check fingerprints.
‘It’s the beginning of a new era in information management and security emergencies in our country and it’s another stage in the relationship between Mozambique and Korea in the field of security for people, goods and infrastructure,’ he added.
According to the President, the project was conceived in 2015 and is the result of the government’s commitment to strengthening the guarantee of public order, security and tranquillity. ‘The new infrastructure will have its central base in the country’s capital and poles distributed throughout the other provinces,’ he concluded.
Among the main challenges relating to crime, the authorities have pointed to terrorism in Cabo Delgado and the kidnappings that have been recorded all over the country.
