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“SA Hawks committed to combating money laundering, terror financing”

Date: Jan 4, 2025

South Africa’s (SA) Hawks Head Godfrey Lebeya has reaffirmed the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations’ commitment to combating the scourge of money laundering and terror financing in alignment with the Financial Action Task Force standa

By Sashin Naidoo

This after the arrest of a 35-year-old suspect for the contravention of the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act.

The suspect was nabbed at his home in Johannesburg yesterday afternoon by the Hawks following a lengthy probe into suspicious transactions allegedly linked to terror financing through a non-profit organisation.

Hawks Spokesperson Philani Nkwalase says, “It is alleged that this non-profit organisation is linked to two other organisations. Preliminary investigation revealed that the transfer was a response to the advisement appealing for financial support for the activities with weapons, financial aid and other projects assisting the participants in another country.”

--SABC--

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