Maputo — The gangs kidnapping business people in Mozambique have recently demanded that the families of their victims deposit the ransom demanded in bank accounts abroad, and this is helping run down Mozambique reserves of foreign currency, according to the General Commander of the Mozambican police, Bernadino Rafael, cited in Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily, "Noticias".
Rafael made this incredible, and unsubstantiated claim at an Extraordinary Council of the police force held in Maputo last weekend.
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