Asset Forfeiture Unit
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AFU gets preservation order for properties linked to Lotto corruption
The Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) in collaboration with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order for items…
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Justice Minister Thembi Simelane promises to reduce court backlogs
Newly appointed Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Thembi Simelane has pledged her commitment to reducing court backlogs during her term.…
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Mastermind in theft of R3 million deceased benefits gets suspended sentence & house arrest
A former clerk with the Department of Education in Mpumalanga, Nomthandazo Delsie Khoza was found guilty and sentenced by the…
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AFU obtains preservation order against property of alleged illegal miners
The Asset Forfeiture Unit in Kimberley in the Northern Cape has obtained a preservation order against the property of alleged…
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Suspected illegal mining kingpins in court
Six alleged illegal mining kingpins will appear in court on Thursday. They were arrested last year and face charges including…
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Court order to freeze R165 million worth of assets against those implicated in R600 million sanitation tender
The Makhanda High Court has granted the NPA’s Asset Forfeiture Unit a R165m restraining order against former Amathole District Municipality…
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NPA granted provisional restraint order valued at R583 million in assets belonging to ex-ABB employees & 6 others
The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has been awarded a provisional restraint order valued at R583.8m against former employees…
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AFU and SIU granted order to freeze land worth R53 million
The Asset Forfeiture Unit and the Special Investigating Unit have been granted a preservation order to freeze a farm and…
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Terry Pheto’s home linked to siphoned Lotto funds to be auctioned
The Johannesburg home of award-winning actress Terry Pheto is being auctioned. It follows a preservation order granted to the Asset…
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NPA concerned over asset-stripping at Gupta-linked optimum mine
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) fears the stripping of assets at the Gupta-owned Optimum coal mine in Mpumalanga amid ongoing…
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Asset Forfeiture Unit targets Mhlathuze top dogs
Immovable property and top-of-the-range vehicles belonging to the accused in the Mhlathuze Water Board multi-million rand fraud case were seized…
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Former Eskom supply manager Duduzile Moyo’s assets frozen
The Asset Forfeiture Unit and the Special Investigating Unit have obtained a preservation order against former Eskom manager Duduzile Moyo…
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NPA granted R22 million preservation order in National Lotteries Commission case
The noose is tightening for those linked to fraud and corruption at the National Lotteries Commission. The Asset Forfeiture Unit…
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Asset Forfeiture Unit obtains order to seize R1.2 million KZN meth lab
KwaZulu-Natal’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has been granted a court order to seize a farm allegedly used as a drug lab.…
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R75 million in assets seized in blue light case
The net is closing in on corrupt South African Police Services officials. The Asset Forfeiture Unit has seized R75m worth…
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NPA heads to court for permission to sell Optimum Coal Mine
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said it’s in the process of recouping money from the proceeds of state capture. This…
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Willie Hofmeyr confident NPA will secure conviction against Gupta brothers
Former head of the Asset Forfeiture Unit, Willie Hofmeyr, on Wednesday said that he was confident that the country’s prosecuting…
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Lesotho finance ministry officials face charges of fraud and money laundering
Seven officials from the Lesotho finance ministry are facing fraud and money laundering charges. The group allegedly stole over R50…
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R111 million Covid-19 relief fund allegedly stolen by businessman to be returned to UIF
The R111 million allegedly stolen from the UIF’s Covid-19 relief fund by Hammanskraal businessman Thabo Abel Simbini is now in…
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Investigation into EC taxi body’s alleged fraudulent TERS application ongoing – NPA
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that a COVID-19 TERS application fraud case in the Eastern Cape was ongoing. The…
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#StateCapture inquiry hears of the alleged secret plan to oust Nxasana as NDPP
Terrence Joubert was busy working at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in August 2013 when his curiosity was piqued by…
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Pictures: AFU seizes cars and house worth R5.9 million from KZN businessmen
The Durban High Court has granted an order to the Asset Forfeiture Unit to seize R5.9 million worth of cars…
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Asset Forfeiture Unit to attach Durban tycoon’s R19 million assets
The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit has been granted a final forfeiture order by the Eastern Cape High Court…
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Edwin Sodi’s assets seized
Blackhead Consulting director Edwin Sodi could soon find his choice of transport severely limited. The Asset Forfeiture Unit is expected…
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Asset Forfeiture Unit seizes assets of asbestos project suspects
The Asset Forfeiture Unit has the go-ahead to attach assets worth over R300-million from suspects in the Free State asbestos…
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I am poor as a church mouse says Zandile Gumede
Former eThekekwini mayor Zandile Gumede says she’s distraught after the raid on her home by the Hawks. It’s painful but…
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Luxury vehicles seized in Durban raid
Porsches, Lamborghinis, Jaguars, and other luxury vehicles have been taken away during a raid by the Hawks and Asset Forfeiture…
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Asset Forfeiture Unit raids Zandile Gumede’s Durban property
The Asset Forfeiture Unit is raiding three Durban properties, including one linked to former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede. The AFU…
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