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Two arrested for permits and passport fraud.

Source: ENCA, 08/07/2016

CAPE TOWN – Two people have been arrested in Cape Town in connection
with corruption in respects of fraudulent passports and permits, the
directorate for priority crime investigation (Hawks) in the Western
Cape said on Friday.

An intelligence-led investigation by Hawks members, Northern Cape
border security intelligence, and local criminal record centres netted
two suspects aged 29 and 38 "for corruption relating to international
fraudulent passports and permits", spokesman Captain Lloyd Ramovha
said.

"The two suspects, male and female, were apprehended at their
respective homes in Goodwood and Maitland, Cape Town. It is alleged
that they work in cahoots with unnamed immigration officials at the
Springbok offices [in the Northern Cape].

"More than 70 passports and accompanying permits of different foreign
countries, as well a combined R189,900 in cash were seized at their
respective houses."

The two were expected to appear at the Springbok Magistrate`s Court on
Monday on charges relating to the Immigration Act, money laundering,
and the Prevention Of Organised Crime Act, Ramovha said.
Africa News Agency

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