Africa-Press – Angola. Twenty criminal cases of embezzlement, corruption, money laundering and related matters involving public managers, in the province of Bengo, are in the preparatory investigation phase at the Attorney General’s Office, PGR.
Prosecutor Mário Yuvula, who provided the information today, in Caxito, reported that this year the PGR in Bengo has at least between 15 and 20 cases under investigation, with some carried over from the previous year.
He considered the interaction between the Financial Information Unit (UIF) and the PGR to be healthy, in the context of combating money laundering and related issues, starting with the formation of human capital.
The provincial director of the Criminal Investigation Service (SIC) in Bengo, Alberto Coelho, clarified that the crime of money laundering does not occur in itself, but happens as soon as the underlying crimes are detected, such as corruption, forgery of documents and others. crimes.
Money laundering only exists if there is a prior crime”, he highlighted.
In Bengo, he said, the SIC is in a position to combat these practices or this type of crime.
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