[{"bbox": [97, 153, 1135, 207], "category": "Text", "text": "targeting southern districts of Cabo Delgado such as Chiure and Mecufi as well as northern districts in Nampula such as Erati and Memba. This has resulted in further displacement and hindered access to affected populations."}, {"bbox": [97, 230, 1050, 259], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Component 2 – Enhanced criminal justice response to terrorism, organized crime and corruption.**"}, {"bbox": [95, 282, 1136, 948], "category": "Text", "text": "There seems to be a relationship between terrorism and organized crime in Mozambique. Along with the insurgency, organised crime activities and illicit trafficking are on the rise in Mozambique (from drugs coming from the heroine southern route and the cocaine coming from Latin America and synthetic drugs from other routes, to wild life and natural resources smuggling, cybercrime or human and organs trafficking). The fragility of the country's institutions, its geographical location with access to South Africa and various landlock countries, the fact that it has more than 2,500 kilometres without effective supervision and the widespread poverty, makes it a perfect ground for its expansion. The insurgency has international connections and tries to buy local population support with narratives focusing on the lack of public investments from the Government, extremist religious arguments, but also offering in kind or financial resources, which are often generated from illicit activities. Corruption also fosters an environment conducive to the expansion of illicit activities. Despite the introduction of some legislation and institutional frameworks, challenges persist in the implementation of anti-corruption measures and in the coordination among the responsible entities. Effective counterterrorism efforts must address the financing of terrorism, dismantling illicit financial networks and holding individuals to account. On the other hand, violent extremism/radicalisation increases amongst inmates and organised crime rule in overcrowded prisons is becoming a major issue. No programs to deal with this issue, including in regards to the reintegration/rehabilitation of complex prisoners are in place at the moment. Mozambican stakeholders (duty-bearers) are not sufficiently trained nor equipped to successfully carry out their functions. There are limited number of legislative or normative arrangements to tackle this new phenomena and the existing ones are very recent and not known or fully understood and applied by those in charge of using them. And each institution tends to operate in isolation disrupting or affecting the effectiveness of the criminal justice chain. The limited technical capacities, equipment and cooperation mechanisms and standards among first responders (e.g. Investigative Police/SERNIC with the Police of the Republic of Mozambique/PRM and with the Armed Forces/FADM) hinders investigations, limiting the ability to collect evidence for successful prosecution of the cases. There are some integrity issues in some of the responsible entities. To ensure that investigation is backed by proper protocols and technical evidences, equipments and expertise support are required."}, {"bbox": [97, 969, 1135, 1131], "category": "Text", "text": "This action buids on the ongoing FPI project 'Assisting Mozambique to strengthen criminal justice responses to terrorism' implemented by UNODC and its follow-up project under preparation (bridge with the NDICI project) ensuring continuous and coherent support to the criminal justice chain actors without temporal gaps. The intervention is also articulated with the EU anti-corruption project focused on the justice sector implemented by the AECID (to finish in 2026) and other regional and global EU interventions (like the support to the FATF AML-CFT process provided by the FPI EU AML-CFT Global Facility)."}, {"bbox": [97, 1173, 899, 1200], "category": "Text", "text": "The Stakeholders to be involved in the Action are numerous and operate at many levels"}, {"bbox": [97, 1212, 1135, 1530], "category": "Text", "text": "**Government counterparts:** Government authorities will be involved in the project at the appropriate levels, within a fragmented framework, especially at provincial level. The elected **Provincial Governments** have an important representative role and are seen as potential agents for more responsive, inclusive governance. **Provincial Secretaries of State** cover issues of national and sovereign interest at local level and are endowed with significant budgetary and administrative authority. Security issues, for example, are managed directly by them. Any action that may be taken in the districts affected by the conflict must be brought to the attention of the provincial Secretary of State. **Government line ministries** exert power over subnational governments through sector policies and programmes, key personnel appointments, and both formal and informal hierarchies. **Provincial directorates** guarantee local level coordination within various thematic areas related to the provinces. The **Agency for Integrated Development of the North (ADIN)**, established in 2020, is mandated to coordinate all development and humanitarian activities in the northern region of the country and mobilise funds. ADIN is also responsible for liaising with line Ministries in respect to activities related to their mandate."}, {"bbox": [97, 1542, 1135, 1622], "category": "Text", "text": "Given the multi-sectoral and integrated nature of this action, several key line ministries/provincial directorates and institutions will be involved in the implementation, especially: Economy and Finance, Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, Gender, Education and Human Development, Defence and armed forces, Interior (and the PRM)"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1145, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 7 of 33"}]