Africa-Press – Angola. The National Authority for Economic Inspection and Food Safety (ANIESA) detected three cases of fraudulent transfer of commercial licenses, during inspection visits made to 15 commercial establishments in the Mutundo informal market, in Lubango, Huíla province.
These are the establishments HE-CA.CH.Com, Lda (selling food), Mateus dos Santos Isaúl (building materials) and Florenço Nhingui (fabrics) that transmitted the commercial license and other documents of licensing.
The information was provided Saturday, in this city by the coordinator of ANIESA in Huíla, Domingos Kalumana, when taking stock of the inspection activity that took place on Tuesday, 6th, in the aforementioned market, following an anonymous complaint that reported the existence of a commercial establishment operating without licensing.
He stated that the next steps involve hunting for permits or institutional support so that agents who are operating with these documents can formalize commercial activity in their name, if they meet the necessary requirements to do so.
“The license is in the name of a citizen, but the person who is exploring is another foreigner. Whoever is carrying out the activity will not deposit the income obtained in the name of the commercial establishment, because they have no rights over the company to operate the account”, he explained.
Among the consequences of the illegal process, the person responsible said that the situation no longer puts the money supply under the control of financial institutions, promotes non-payment of taxes, among others.
“The issue of Lubango is worrying, not because of the number presented, but because of the establishments that exist, as there are indicators that there are more cases. It is known that a large part of the commercial activity is carried out by foreigners and this practice encourages us to go deeper to assess the level of the issue of license transfer in the municipality”, he stated.
Domingos Kalumana said that during the inspection activity, a commercial establishment selling fabrics was also closed, as it had been operating with an inspection report since June 2022, without the corresponding proof of payment, and was therefore warned to remedy the non-conformities found..
He made it known that the inspection activity will continue and the possibility of extending it to other municipalities in the province is considered.
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