A recent global hunt for criminals on the run from the law around the world attracted the biggest support from South Africans, a conference in Australia heard this week, with SA's pioneering Crime Line the driving force behind the country's response.
When the global fugitive round-up operation, dubbed "Operation Infra-Red", was launched in June by Interpol and Crime Stoppers International (CSI), South Africa recorded the highest number of visits to the CSI website.
Over 120 photographs of the world's most wanted criminals were posted on South Africa's Crime Line website, and many published in the South African media.
Speaking at Crime Stoppers International's annual conference in Queensland, Australia this week, Operation Infra-Red commander Valentine Smith said that 23 313 visitors, almost 40% of total visitors, to the CSI website in June were from South Africa.
