Thursday, March 28, 2024

SADC countries join hands in prosecution of transboundary crimes

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Stanbic Bank Zambia head legal and company secretary Doris Tembwe hands over new study cubicles to Attorney General Likando Kalaluka on behalf of Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE).

Attorney General Likando Kalaluka says Zambia has benefited from the mutual legal assistance rendered by Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries in the prosecution of transboundary crimes.

Mr. Kalaluka says Zambia has received co-operation from many SADC countries in the prosecution of people that have been hiding in other countries through extradition and mutual legal assistance.

He said the implementation of extradition and mutual legal assistance treaties by many SADC countries was benefiting Zambia as it has enabled law enforcement agencies to gather first hand evidence in other foreign jurisdictions.

Mr. Kalaluka noted that the co-operation among SADC countries in providing legal assistance in the prosecution of criminal offences was beneficial to the region as a whole as people committing crimes were held accountable for their actions owing to the fact that they had nowhere to hide.

The Attorney General said this on the side lines of the SADC Ministers and Attorney-General’s meeting held in Pretoria, South Africa.

He said this on the side lines of the SADC Ministers and Attorney-General’s meeting held in Pretoria, South Africa.

Meanwhile, Mr. Kalaluka has further advised that SADC as a regional body, should enhance the facilitation of the implementation of extradition and mutual legal assistance treaties between countries in order to expedite gathering of first hand evidence in foreign countries.

This is according to a statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka today by First Secretary for Press and Public Relations at Zambia’s High Commission in South Africa, Naomi Nyawali.

3 COMMENTS

  1. “Stanbic Bank Zambia head legal and company secretary Doris Tembwe” Why do We have so many female managers at Stanbic with minimal qualifications?Is bottom power? Mazakatulula ba mambala. I know 4 chicks at Stanbic on ARV’s because of bottom power wanting rise faster than first round ejaculation.Anyway none of business.

    • With the coming of the free movement of people across Africa, there’s need for law enforcement to create a common database to be shared by all African countries. The database can be used by African countries to screen visitors at the port of entry. That way, a criminal who has a warrant of arrest in one African country can easily be apprehended if he/she tries to enter another African country. The database should be accessed inside the countries too, by law enforcement. The driver’s license or ID numbers of all African drivers and non drivers should have numbers that can be used to pull up someone’s criminal record in the common database. Without this, it’ll be hard to screen people coming into any African country, when people begin to travel in large numbers, once the Visa…

    • (Continued)… Visa requirements get done away with, as per African Union’s plan to open African countries’ borders.

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