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Mozambique's Criminal Investigation Service detained a man suspected of ordering the kidnapping of a national businesswoman in 2023, in the capital Maputo. Mozambican authorities promised to intensify efforts to combat and eradicate this type of crime, which has worried authorities and civil society in recent years.

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