"Children are recruited in various latitudes for criminal practices", said the Attorney General of Cape Verde, Luís Landim, who pointed out the example, in an interview with Lusa, to justify why the host country proposed the theme for this year's meeting, which runs until Friday. There are areas of the world where recruitment is a concern, in others it is the increase in street children and there are also international corridors where the trafficking of minors prevails, threats that make the theme timely within the scope of judicial cooperation, he said. The child is a defenseless and vulnerable being and ensuring their protection is one of the duties of the Public Prosecutor's Office, in addition to the more popularly known criminal investigation, he noted. "Each country has its own issues" and risks for children, "there are internal responses, but they are never enough: the State must also intervene forcefully, as well as communities, society and family", said Luís Landim, based on Cape Verdean experience.  "The Public Prosecutor's Office is on the final line. When other preventive measures fail, it must intervene to protect the child" and what has been done and how it can be improved, depending on the risk situation, will be debated for three days. On Wednesday, during the private meeting of attorneys general that opens the meeting, Cape Verde will propose that a network be created between the CPLP's public prosecutors dedicated to the protection of children, and is available to coordinate it, Luís Landim told Lusa. Eight judicial cooperation networks have already been created within the scope of these meetings, each coordinated by a country and with focal points in the others, with the aim of streamlining processes in more complex areas such as asset recovery, drug trafficking or environmental crimes. On Thursday and Friday, the international conference on the theme "The Public Prosecutor's Office and the child protection system in the CPLP space" will take place, which will address issues such as combating child labor, developing social services, international adoption or investigating child trafficking with digital means. Cape Verde is organizing the meeting of CPLP attorneys general for the third time, having assumed the rotating presidency of the event last year, after Guinea-Bissau. At Wednesday's meeting, the country that will assume the leadership of the organization until the next meeting, in 2025, will be chosen. The CPLP countries share a cultural heritage and similarities between judicial systems that mean that there are "many issues in common" to be addressed in these meetings that have been held regularly, every year, since 2011, said Luís Landim. On the other hand, the fact that crimes are increasingly transnational makes it more important that there is a forum where prosecutors can meet and streamline cooperation to combat illicit activities. In addition to Cape Verde, the host, Angola, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste, as well as Macau, as an observer, will participate in the meeting. Read Also: CPLP military chiefs meet in Bissau between today and Tuesday (Portuguese version)