Africa-Press – Angola. Members of the Local Technical Unit for Border Management in Moxico are drawing up a strategy to increase the effectiveness of security and increase border revenue, through the control of international transit.
For five days, members of the Local Technical Unit will address the “Customs regime with emphasis on international transit”, “Illegal immigration”, “Human trafficking and its consequences”, “Main animal species and agricultural production with restrictions on entry in the country”.
It also includes an approach to the “Role of the Border Guard Police and populations in border surveillance”, “Customs inspection and other roles of the Border Guard Police”, and “Exchange control of the entry and exit of goods”
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the deputy coordinator of the Moxico Local Technical Unit Committee, José Muila, said that the training aims to overcome the difficulties faced by professionals in order to improve their performance in monitoring the province’s borders .
The action will also allow staff working at Moxico’s borders to master control, customs and migration inspection matters.
On the occasion, he highlighted the tranquility at the border posts in the province of Moxico, although he admits that there is, infrequently, illegal entry through “fiote” routes.
The Local Technical Unit for Border Management in Moxico is a joint body of State administrative forces and institutions between the Border Guard Police (PGF), Tax Police (PF), General Tax Administration (AGT) and the Migration and Foreigners (SME).
The Technical Unit was created by Presidential Decree No. 234/20, of September 16, with the aim of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the actions of bodies at the borders, focusing on maximizing revenue collection, protecting society and national border security.
In the country, the PGFA controls 5,188 km of land border, 201 km with Congo-Brazzaville, 2,511 km with the DRC, 1,100 km with Zambia and 1,376 km with Namibia.
Moxico, the largest province in Angola, shares a border of 330 kilometers with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and 747 kilometers with Zambia, through the towns of Luau, Caianda, Jimbi, Luhuza, Caripande, Mussuma, Mitete and Malundi.
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