She praises it for offering atransitpoint for Soviet Jews when other countries held back for fear of attracting the unwelcome attention of pro-Palestinian groups.
Johannesburg resident Masego Maponyane said the city's new lease of life meant that visitors were no longer treating it as simply atransitpoint on the way to other destinations.
Since the 1980s, when Rio became atransitpoint for cocaine heading to Europe, the Brazilian state has given over the monopoly of violence in these areas to drug gangs and militias.
The attorney general also cited the U.S. border with Canada as a"transit point" for suspected terrorists and said the administration will increase its surveillance there.