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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The Mozambican authorities have arrested the leader of the most notorious poaching ring in the country, Simon Ernesto Valoi, reports Friday\u2019s issue of the independent newssheet \u201cCarta de Mocambique\u201d.<\/p>\n

Valoi is known as \u201cNavara\u201d, because his favourite car used to be a Nissan Navara. That was in the days when he made his money from car theft, before switching to poaching.<\/p>\n

Valoi is also wanted in South Africa on two charges of murder. His whereabouts have never been a mystery \u2013 he lives in Massingir district, in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza. His home is in the settlement of Mavodze, inside the Limpopo National Park.<\/p>\n

He achieved a certain level of fame in 2015 when a German journalist from the magazine \u201cDer Spiegel\u201d, Batholomaus Grill, and the Swiss photographer Toby Selander were investigating rhino poaching. The poachers kidnapped the two journalists and threatened to kill them.<\/p>\n

Grill\u2019s \u201cDer Spiegel\u201d article recalls how the journalisgts were \u201csurrounded by 50 or 60 people, apparently mobilized by Navara. Young men threaten us with their fists and curse at us: \u201cSpies! Secret police from South Africa!\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of arresting the rhino poachers, the Massingir police laid absurd charges against the journalists for trespassing on Navara\u2019s property. Navara and other gang members were present during the police interrogations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of them threatens that we\u2019ll be thrown in there, alongside imprisoned murderers. \u201cAnd during the night we will sort you out.\u201d For Navara, it wouldn\u2019t be a problem\u201d, wrote Grill.\u201d Everybody in Massingir knows that he works with the police. He supposedly even arms his teams of poachers by \u201cleasing\u201d confiscated assault rifles from the local police station.\u201d<\/p>\n

The local police chief \u201cis openly on Navara\u2019s side\u201d, and only changes his attitude when senior officials ring from Maputo, after they have been alerted to the situation by the German embassy.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the two had to appear in a Massingir court where \u201ca prosecutor tells us that we are under investigation and that we are not allowed to leave Mozambique for another five days\u201d. They were only allowed to fly back to South Africa when a prosecutor in Maputo assured them that trespassing charges had not in fact been filed.<\/p>\n

The \u201cDer Spiegel\u201d article commented \u201cin areas like Massingir, the rule of law has yet to arrive. Here, police officers and public prosecutors are to be feared just as much as gang leaders. It\u2019s an open secret that powerful politicians make money from the deals and, in exchange, protect the gangs from criminal prosecution\u201d.<\/p>\n

The question now is \u2013 will Navara remain in detention? Are high level officials still protecting him? And will he be sent to South Africa to face the pending murder charges?<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Mozambican authorities have arrested the leader of the most notorious poaching ring in the country, Simon Ernesto Valoi, reports Friday\u2019s issue of the independent newssheet \u201cCarta de Mocambique\u201d. Valoi is known as \u201cNavara\u201d, because his favourite car used to be a Nissan Navara. 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