Consumer Goods Council of South Africa panellists renew call for specialised unit to fight illicit trade - The Hawks are under-resourced and an independent body is required to tackle syndicated organised crime
South Africa needs a specialised, independent and well-resourced body to investigate illicit trading. The call was made at a panel discussion hosted by the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa on Thursday. , said the number of reports he received about illicit trading was enough to convince him that the National Prosecuting Authority was unable to deal with such crimes on its own.
The NPA derives its mandate from section 179 of the Constitution, which empowers the prosecuting authority to institute criminal proceedings on behalf of the state. On Tuesday, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation said the unit was operating at only 52% capacity and about 1 500 posts still needed to be filled.
“Unless there is the political will to curb rent seeking and to essentially attack head on [illicit trading], I really worry that the illicit economy will just continue to overwhelm the society,” Davis said.
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