The long arm of the law proved to be very long and effective when a joint operation between members of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), also known as the Hawks, and the United States Homeland Security Investigations Directorate (HSID) recently resulted in the exposure of a global fraud scam and the arrest of ten suspects in South Africa. After close cooperation with South African law enforcement agencies, the US District Court for Mississippi was granted arrest warrants for a number of suspects located in South Africa. Search warrants for associated properties in Pretoria/Tshwane were also granted. The successful coordination of this complicated, long term investigation between the law enforcement agencies of South Africa and the United States clearly sends a warning to scammers and fraudsters that South Africa is not a backwater country to be used as a safe platform to conduct their criminal activities from. Read the full article here: sapsjournalonline.gov.za/dynamic/journal_dynamic.aspx?pageid=414&jid=46637
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 06:52:33 +0000