Mozambique Plans Crackdown On Mineral Smugglers

Mozambique government says more than 14 tonnes of precious minerals have been smuggled out of Mozambique in the last 10 months alone. <br />Gold, rubies, tantalite and garnet were smuggled from places where they&#039;re most abundant - in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambézia and Manica. <br />Judge Counselor of the Supreme Court Rafael Sebastião told fellow attendees discussed at the meeting between the government, the judiciary that legal processes are being fine-tuned to stop criminal exploitation and smuggling.