Luanda- Issues related to the strengthening of cooperation among the Attorneys General of the Member States of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) were reviewed Friday in Luanda during an audience with Angolan head of State, João Lourenço .
CPLP Attorneys General have been in the country within the XIX meeting of the body that took place from 1 to 2 this month in the Angolan capital, under the organisation of the Attorney General’s Office of Angola.
Speaking to the press at the end of the audience, Cabo Verde Attorney General Luís José Landim said that issues related to the criminal situation were addressed in the field of criminal investigation.
"Nowadays organised crime is increasingly complex and strong, which leads countries to provide their own tools to cope with such organised transactional crimes," he said.
The magistrate stressed that among the CPLP Member States, there is a judicial cooperation based on international and regional conventions, bilateral agreements and initialed protocols.
For this reason, he advocated the holding of prosecutors' periodic meetings to streamline and further foster cooperation among the Member States.
“Currently, no country, at the level of the prosecutor, can investigate, by itself, an organised transactional crime. It is necessary to reinforce cooperation, ”he noted.
The meeting was attended by the Attorneys General of Angola Helder Pita Gros, East Timor Afonso Lopez, Mozambique Beatriz Buchili Seuane, Cabo Verde Luís José Tavares Landim and from Portugal Carlos Adérito Teixeira.
Also present were the Attorneys General of Brazil Eliana Pérez Torelly de Carvalho, Guinea Bissau José Biague Badó, and Sao Tome and Prince Roberto Pedro Raposo.
Parallel to the meeting, an international conference was held under the theme “The Role of the Public Prosecution Service in Environmental Protection”, in which representatives of the CPLP Attorneys participated.
Topics related to the state of formal and informal cooperation between CPLP prosecutors - balance sheet, challenges and perspectives of cooperation networks were addressed.
