FREE STATE - A multi-disciplinary intelligence driven operation was conducted in the early hours of today by the team of Hawks assisted by Crime Intelligence, Tactical Response Team and South African National Defence Force to curb border crimes in the Fouriesburg District. The operation resulted…
EASTERN CAPE - Fikile Phofana (34) a former Mthatha Spargs Superspar Supermarket trainee supervisor was yesterday, 19 May 2021 sentenced by Mthatha Specialised Commercial Crime Court to two years direct imprisonment for a charge of fraud alternatively theft. Phofana was employed as a cashier in…
GAUTENG – A 26-year-old woman, Mukondeleli Tshivule appeared in the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Court yesterday on fraud related allegations involving over R1.5 million allegedly stolen from the National Lotteries Funds. Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation in Johannesburg discovered through their investigations that Tshivule is…
NORTHERN CAPE - A second suspect aged 33 handed himself over to the Hawks' Serious Organised Crime Investigation office earlier this morning for his alleged involvement in a cash in transit robbery that took place at Palmgate complex in Kuruman. It is alleged that on…
EASTERN CAPE - Omari Shari (26) foreign national was denied bail by East London Magistrate court on 18 May 2021 after his arrest on the very same day on alleged several counts of dealing in drugs. The East London Serious Organised Crime Investigation team of…
WESTERN CAPE – Two suspects aged 28 and 35 are due to appear in the Atlantis Magistrates’ Court on 19 May 2021 where they will face a charge of possession and transporting of illegal abalone in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act 18 of…
The Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) has lodged a notice of intention to defend a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) brought against the organisation by a Canadian mining company, First Quantum Minerals (FQM) at the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg. SARW is an independent,…
The successive Lionfish operations, coordinated by INTERPOL, saw nearly 1,000 bricks of cocaine seized in South Africa LYON, FRANCE: Two recent INTERPOL-coordinated operations aimed at disrupting drug trafficking in Africa and the Middle East mobilized law enforcement in 41 countries to arrest 287 individuals and…
LIMPOPO - Nelamo Admoso Etore (40) was found guilty and sentenced for possession of illicit cigarettes by the Mokopane Magistrate's Court on Friday, 14 May 2021. On 08 May 2020, the Police in Zebediela received a tip off about a suspected vehicle that was loaded…
MPUMALANGA –Three suspects aged between 36 and 37 were arrested by members of the Hawks` Serious Organised Crime Investigation Mpumalanga Middelburg and Secunda, Crime Intelligence, assisted by Bidvest and Omega Security during an intelligence driven disruptive ongoing investigation into government infrastructure related crime, on the…