TimesLIVE Investigations
Kidnappings for ransom – part one: from Mozambique with greed
SA ‘is losing war on kidnapping because of corruption and infighting in Crime Intelligence’
24 February 2022 - 19:38
TimesLIVE Investigations found South African kidnapping-for-ransom syndicates emerged after gaining experience from their Mozambican counterparts, who started the scourge.
The son of a Mozambican mining magnate and his childhood friend are allegedly part of a network of wealthy Mozambicans orchestrating SA’s high-profile kidnappings, assisted by corrupt police officers and cash-in-transit robbers...
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