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Why are the Hawks and NPA not acting on the gold and tobacco mafia?

31 Oct 2024, 17:33

The Hawks and NPA have had their heads stuck firmly in the sand for years now, since Sars initiated a series of search and seizure operations that unravelled Simon Rudland’s alleged gold and tobacco smuggling network. The reluctance by these entities to act is bad news for South Africa’s attempts to exit the FATF greylisting Read more >

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Report: Politically-motivated killings increase in SA in election years

23 May 2024, 12:11

With just under a week to go until South Africa’s general elections, the campaigning frenzy is about to die down, with parties hoping they have done enough to entice voters to their cause. While we roll our eyes at the same old political rhetoric that we hear every year, this is eminently bearable compared to Read more >

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Time for a global strategy against organised crime

13 Feb 2024, 10:28

By Walter Kemp First published on GI-TOC Organised crime is moving up the international agenda. People and governments are becoming increasingly concerned about violence and instability associated with criminality. The recent crises in Haiti and Ecuador are cases in point. These are accompanied by a wide array of emerging threats from synthetic drugs to piracy Read more >

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Copper theft part two: Urgent action needed against illicit trade

16 Jan 2024, 12:51

In our new two-part mini series, we consider the devastating effect of the relentless theft of copper on South Africa’s infrastructure, and the consequent burden such theft places on the country’s economy and society – important topics to consider in this election year. Part one sets the scene as it stands currently, and part two Read more >

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Copper theft part one: Illicit market killing South Africa’s infrastructure

10 Jan 2024, 10:43

In our new two-part mini series, we consider the devastating effect of the relentless theft of copper on South Africa’s infrastructure, and the consequent burden such theft places on the country’s economy and society – important topics to consider in this election year. Part one sets the scene as it stands currently, and part two Read more >

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Special Investigating Unit on progress in tackling construction mafia

04 Jan 2024, 12:40

The activities of the so-called construction mafia have, over the past year or so, become an important discussion topic in South Africa. Groups associated with the mafia have disrupted infrastructure development, intimidated communities and workers, demanded protection money, and exploited procurement and supply for their own profit. The construction mafia, like other such groupings, is Read more >

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African journalists are dying. They need the world’s help

17 Apr 2023, 14:41

By Anas Aremeyaw AnasFirst published in The Guardian A politician being investigated for corruption in Ghana has called for me to be hanged, but with my colleagues I am determined to take on the kleptocrats On Friday 14 April, a team of West Africa-based journalists will arrive in Cameroon, one of the most oppressive countries Read more >

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South Africa’s history of gold mining – corruption, abuse, and secrecy

25 Jan 2023, 12:57

In part two of our new two-part mini-series on gold laundering, we look back into South Africa’s gold mining history and the role which gold laundering played in financing the apartheid government’s attempts to cling to power. Part one set the scene as it is today, and looked at possible measures to address the growing Read more >

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Delving into the shady world of gold laundering

19 Jan 2023, 14:19

Our new two-part mini-series digs into a corruption topic not discussed as often as many others, but which is becoming more and more urgent – gold laundering. Part one sets the scene and looks at possible measures to address the growing problem, and part two looks back into South Africa’s gold mining history and the Read more >

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Why are the Hawks and NPA not acting on the gold and tobacco mafia?