Mozambique surpasses targets in crime solving and announces review of indicators

The Mozambican government has announced its intention to revise the targets of the Five-Year Program after registering a performance above expectations in the fight against crime. According to the assessment of the Economic and Social Plan and State Budget (PESOE) for 2025, the criminal case resolution rate reached 95.3%, exceeding the annual target of 86.2% and the projected goal for 2029.

The data, published by the newspaper Carta de Moçambique, indicates a positive deviation of 9.1 percentage points. The Executive attributes the result to the modernization of investigation methods, the integration of technologies, and more efficient coordination between the police forces and the Public Prosecutor's Office.

However, the report does not specify the total number of cases solved nor their typology. The lack of detail gains relevance in a context marked by a wave of assassinations of agents of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique and the National Criminal Investigation Service, which occurred in Maputo and Matola, whose perpetrators and motivations remain to be publicly clarified.

Despite these shortcomings, the Government considers that the five-year indicators were defined based on "excessively conservative" assumptions. Therefore, it argues that the crime resolution rate should be given special attention in the mid-term review of the Government's Five-Year Program (PQG).

In the area of ​​maritime security, progress is also noteworthy. The rate of crime at sea stood at 16%, three percentage points below the forecast of 19% for last year. Compared to the baseline of 35%, the reduction exceeds 50%, an indicator that, according to the Executive, reflects greater effectiveness in prevention and patrolling actions.