While we are not quite yet at full-blown mafia state, there are elements within the state and parts of government that are run indirectly by organised crime, writes Mandy Wiener.
While we are not quite yet at full-blown mafia state, there are elements within the state and parts of government that are run indirectly by organised crime, writes Mandy Wiener.
Vital piece of information after assassination of Gauteng Department of Health Acting Chief Financial Officer Babita Deokaran enables investigators to trace a vehicle at the scene to a former South African National Defence Force member residing in the Pretoria area.
The South African attorney arrested and charged with embezzlement of more than R1.4 million in Mauritius has been hauled before the Legal Practice Council (LPC), where a disciplinary process is under way.
Whether police had the intelligence before the protests erupted, they were never going to control the widespread looting and riots.
This is the view of security and crime expert Chad Thomas.
The CEO of a reality TV production company has agreed to plead guilty to defrauding a lender out of $2 million, prosecutors said Tuesday.
The wife of Pofadder hotelier Leon Brits has been arrested in connection with his murder last year, police said on Monday.
According to police spokesperson Captain Sergio Kock, provincial organised crime detectives and other stakeholders arrested his widow at around 08:45 in Marchand, Kakamas.
Financial crime costs the economy billions and criminals are always finding new ways to syphon money while keeping their hands clean. Desperate South Africans have been complicit in money laundering by naively selling their bank accounts and personal information to cyber criminals for a small fee, oblivious to the long-term repercussions.
The Hawks are investigating a case of fraud involving up to R5-million in a so-called cryptocurrency investment scheme that was run by a company called Trinity Tokens in Mossel Bay.