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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06MAPUTO449 2006-04-17 13:32 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Maputo
VZCZCXRO5236
RR RUEHDU RUEHJO RUEHMR
DE RUEHTO #0449/01 1071332
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 171332Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY MAPUTO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5275
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEHLMC/MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORP WASHINGTON DC
RUEHAN/AMEMBASSY ANTANANARIVO 0022
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MAPUTO 000449 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AF/S - HTREGER, G/TIP - RYOUSEY, AF/RSA - MHARPOLE, INL/HSTC 
- MGORELICK 
STATE PASS USAID 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB MZ
SUBJ:  POLICE FOIL PLAN TO SMUGGLE 66 BANGLADESHIS 
 
REF:  05 MAPUTO 0002 
 
MAPUTO 00000449  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
Sensitive But Unclassified - Handle Accordingly 
 
1. (U) On April 8 Mozambican police detained a group of 66 
Bangladeshi nationals attempting to enter Mozambique 
illegally at the northern port of Nacala, having arrived by 
ship from Madagascar.  Every Bangladeshi had a Mozambican 
visa pasted in his passport, evidently stolen from 
Mozambique's embassy in Swaziland.  The Bangladeshis were 
sent back to Madagascar in the same vessel on April 15; the 
GRM is holding the local organizer of the smuggling 
operation for questioning.  The foiled smuggling operation 
highlights the relative ease of smuggling activity along 
Mozambique's northern coast.  End summary. 
 
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66 Bangladeshis Land in Nacala 
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2. (U) On Saturday, April 8, Mozambican police arrested a 
group of 66 Bangladeshi nationals, including a six-year-old 
child, attempting to clandestinely enter the country through 
the Nacala port in Nampula province.  Local fisherman and 
community leaders alerted the police to the strange 
activities of the "Karibo," a vessel sailing under the 
Malagasy flag, from which groups of people were disembarking 
in rowboats.  The ship was seized by the Mozambican navy the 
following day, and 13 Malagasy crew were taken into police 
custody.  Police informed reporters that the group had 
traveled from Bangladesh to Madagascar, where they waited 
four months before being transported to Mozambique.  Law 
enforcement interviews with some of the illegal immigrants 
revealed that smugglers collected $4,000 per person, a price 
tag that allegedly included a job and access to an 
established South Asian support network in the Nampula area. 
 
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Sent Back to Madagascar; Middleman detained 
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3. (SBU) On April 15 the vessel was sent back to Madagascar, 
carrying all 66 Bangladeshis aboard.  A contact at the 
Nacala port authority said Mozambican authorities wanted to 
"get rid" of the Bangladeshis as quickly as possible, as 
there was a critical lack of resources to house and feed 
them.  Earlier, on April 10, police arrested suspected 
middleman and Bangladeshi citizen Abdul Satar Miah, who in 
December 2004 was detained (but later released for lack of 
evidence) for his alleged involvement in the smuggling of 34 
Bangladeshi to Nampula from the Comoros Islands (see 
reftel).  Press reports over the weekend indicated that Miah 
had been released and sent back with the Bangleshis. 
However, in checking with Nacala immigration authorities, 
Post learned that Miah remains under detention while police 
continue to investigate.  According to Ministry of Interior 
officials, the police are looking into allegations that Miah 
is part of an international smuggling ring with significant 
ties to the South Asian community in Northern Mozambique and 
Maputo province. 
 
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Stolen Visas 
------------ 
 
4. (SBU) All the Bangladeshi nationals had legitimate 
Mozambican visas in their passports.  A contact at 
Immigration revealed that the visas were stolen from the 
Mozambican High Commission in Swaziland several months ago. 
The ship captain told police that he saw the visas being 
pasted into the passports prior to the ship's arrival in 
Nacala. 
 
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Illegal Immigration a Problem Up North 
-------------------------------------- 
 
5.  (U) The smuggling event has been front-and-center in the 
written media over the past week and prompted a TVM- 
organized debate on illegal immigration on April 13. 
Callers were encouraged to telephone with comments during 
 
MAPUTO 00000449  002 OF 002 
 
 
the televised show.  They complained of an influx of 
"foreigners," whom they linked to drug trafficking and money 
laundering.  One caller in particular said that a new 
"foreigner" in Nampula will be seen selling potatoes on the 
street shortly after arriving, and the next month he'll have 
a house with five cars in his garage.  The Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs official participating in the debate agreed 
that the issue of illegal immigration should be closely 
monitored, but did not respond to the suggestions of 
nefarious activities going on in Nampula.  Separately, 
contacts in the Islamic community told Post the arrival of 
the 66 Bangladeshis by ship suggests the rate of illegal 
immigration by South Asian muslims could be far larger than 
suspected.  The Bangladeshis were discovered quite 
accidentally and, lacking patrol boats, the GRM had no way 
to monitor or intercept other arrivals by sea, he said. 
 
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Comment 
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6. (SBU) Since the end of the civil war in 1992, there has 
been a noticeable increase in the number of South Asians in 
northern Mozambique, particularly in urban centers such as 
Nampula and Nacala.  This incident raises questions about 
smuggling and possible complicity by law enforcement 
officials.  Does the theft of the visas indicate corruption 
linking consular officials and human smuggling syndicates? 
And why would a smuggler go to the trouble of fraudulently 
obtaining legitimate visas only to dump people off by 
rowboat instead of going through a small airport with 
relatively untrained and presumably easily bribed 
immigration officers (such as Nampula or Pemba airports)? 
Post will continue to follow this issue in the coming 
months.