A 41-year-old man who was arrested on trafficking charges in 2021, now has a corruption charge added to his rap sheet after it emerged that he allegedly instructed his brothers and wife to bribe a Hawks officer to drop the case.
Whether it's on dark street corners or in top executive boardrooms, criminal networks are making their eerie presence felt in South Africa. An expert panel at News24's On The Record Summit on 25 May will zoom in on the impact of organised crime on public life.
Gauteng Hawks head, Major General Ebrahim Kadwa, has praised the investigation team for a major breakthrough on the apprehension of two fraud accused in relation to approximately R35 million defrauded from the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).
The Hawks’ serious organised crime investigation unit has welcomed the sentence of life imprisonment for human trafficker Okwudilichukwu Bobokwu Idoko in the North Gauteng High Court.
The Hawks have raided the home and business premises of ANC Ekurhuleni treasurer-general Sello Sekhokho as part of investigations into the R1 billion Tembisa Hospital tender scandal.