The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI/Hawks) is currently probing at least 22,477 cases with a combined monetary value of about R1.5 trillion.
The sordid details were on Tuesday revealed by National Hawks Head, Lt Gen Godfrey Lebeya, during a media briefing in Pretoria.
“Of the cases under investigation, 1,998 have reached the decision stage, where the National Prosecuting Authority is applying its mind,” he said. “These included an incoherent organisational structure, stagnation in some investigations, transfer of personnel from DPCI to other divisions within the SAPS [South African Police Service], nepotistic practices in appointments, poor and unfair allocation of human and physical resources, and inadequate implementation of the Police Act, which has adversely impacted not only the functioning of the Directorate, but the attrition of skilled personnel.
In its inception in 2009, the Directorate had a head count of 2 663 personnel. By 2018, the number had shrunk to 2 535.
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