http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article484115.ece/Hawks-bring-down-cash-heists-by-60-percent
“The Hawks have become a major nemesis to criminals in and around South Africa,” Mthethwa said in Cape Town, urging the unit to carry on doing a great job.
In its short existence, the unit had finalised 27,412 of the cases investigated and achieved a conviction rate of 29,1 percent, he said.
Mthethwa said the SBV security report also indicated that, in the first four months of the year attempted cash-in-transit heists dropped by 29 percent.
He said the Hawks had arrested 28 of the country’s 50 most wanted criminals.
He said that of the 8186 people being investigated for commercial crime 122 were arrested by the now defunct Scorpions (Directorate of Special Operations).
Mthethwa described it as encouraging that none of the cases transferred to the Hawks by the Scorpions had been dropped.
...and the DA had nothing to do with it...
“The Hawks have become a major nemesis to criminals in and around South Africa,” Mthethwa said in Cape Town, urging the unit to carry on doing a great job.
In its short existence, the unit had finalised 27,412 of the cases investigated and achieved a conviction rate of 29,1 percent, he said.
Mthethwa said the SBV security report also indicated that, in the first four months of the year attempted cash-in-transit heists dropped by 29 percent.
He said the Hawks had arrested 28 of the country’s 50 most wanted criminals.
He said that of the 8186 people being investigated for commercial crime 122 were arrested by the now defunct Scorpions (Directorate of Special Operations).
Mthethwa described it as encouraging that none of the cases transferred to the Hawks by the Scorpions had been dropped.
...and the DA had nothing to do with it...
Good God how long have they been operating? I also want to know how many people work there, must be 100's surely maybe even a few thousand.
or i am i missing something as usual.
