Hawks
FS Hawks nab 7 people for illicit sale of electricity
The team traced the criminal network responsible for large-scale pre-paid electricity fraud and theft in various locations in the Free State.
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Hawks nab suspects for possession of R1.5m worth of abalone in Gqeberha
They were cornered in Gqeberha yesterday. When officials pulled over the vehicle, they found 430 kilograms of abalone stashed inside. They're due in court tomorrow according to the Hawk’s Yolisa Mgolodela.
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Man arrested for possession of cocaine worth R5.7m due in court
Authorities pounced on the suspect at a fuel station along the N2 Highway on Friday evening.
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High-profile businessman, 3 ex-FS gov staff arrested for Vrede farm corruption
The group were arrested in the Free State, Gauteng and Mpumalanga on Wednesday.
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EC woman in court for selling daughter, niece for sexual exploitation
The mother and two shop owners from Keiskamahoek she sold the girls to were arrested during a joint operation between the Hawks and police.
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Progress being made in clawing back money looted from SOEs, Gordhan tells MPs
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan gave MPs a brief update on efforts to recover some of the money lost when SOEs were hollowed out by state capture.
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Hawks: Corruption-accused CT DA councillor linked to food parcel funds not TERS
The Hawks initially indicated that Nora Grose allegedly facilitated the Temporary Employee Relief Scheme funding along with chairperson of the South African Religious Civic Organisation, Reuben Swartz. The DA in the Western Cape noted that this information was incorrect.
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DA ward councillor in CT charged in connection with COVID-19 corruption
Democratic Alliance (DA) member Nora Grose was charged with fraud and money laundering involving R170,000 in humanitarian funds.
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Case against duo arrested in R9.9m abalone operation remanded for a week
Officials stopped two vehicles on the N7 and found 70 boxes containing more than 23,000 units of dried abalone.
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Hawks arrest two men for possession of abalone worth R9.9m
On Monday, the Hawks, in partnership with SAPS and officials from the Environmental, Forestry and Fisheries Department, reacted to information about the transportation of illegal abalone.
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6 more suspects linked to Pretoria Fidelity base robbery arrested
The group was allegedly part of a group that made off with R24 million during the 2020 robbery.
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Hawks confirm probe into Sexwale’s Sarb fraud & theft claims
At a media briefing on Thursday, a fiery Sexwale - armed with emails and a bank account number - attempted to substantiate his claims that money has been stolen at the Reserve Bank.
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‘Who’s scamming who?’ - Sexwale mum on Hawks probe into heritage fund
This comes after he appeared on eNCA saying that the fund had brought a huge sum of money into the country, which was held by the South African Reserve Bank.
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17th suspect in Brian Wainstein murder case due in court today
The suspect, alleged to be a member of the 27s gang, was nabbed last Thursday.
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NPA, Hawks senior members appear in court for corruption
Three senior government officials from the Hawks and National Prosecuting Authority made their first appearance in the Pretoria Magistrates Court on 31 March 2021. They were arrested on charges of corruption. #Corruption #Hawks #NPA
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State drops all charges against Norma Mngoma
Mngoma, the estranged wife of former minister Malusi Gigaba, was arrested last July on charges of malicious damage to property and crimen injuria relating to the damage of a luxury SUV that apparently belonged to her husband's friend.
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Hawks raid 3 Fort Hare University campuses as part of fraud probe
The crime-busting unit raided several locations in Bisho, East London and Alice as they probe student admission fraud, corruption and money laundering activities allegedly by fugitive professor, Edwin Ijeoma.
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Sars' Vlok Symington tells Zondo Inquiry about being held hostage by Hawks
Vlok Symington said he advised Pravin Gordhan in a memorandum that it was lawful for Ivan Pillay to take early retirement and return to the revenue service
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Shell games: Unravelling the complex web around abalone poaching
Despite regular success, abalone poaching remains a thorn in the side of the authorities, with the nation's fiscus losing hundreds of millions of rands to sophisticated syndicates who illegally exploit the natural resource.
