Smuggling
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Staff at Standard Bank, Absa and Sasfin implicated in money laundering
Al Jazeera reported that employees at the top South African banks were paid bribes to launder money for gold smugglers
Gauteng residents sign up to save succulents
About 200 000 mostly dwarf succulents confiscated from poachers have to be cared for while police continue their investigations
Zimbabwe: How women are taking over cross-border smuggling
When Covid-19 hit and borders closed, people still needed to bring their groceries into Zimbabwe. Some women have taken the chance to earn a bit of cash
Of carrier pigeons and diamond smugglers
This is an extract from a new book Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
Rush for Africa’s marine species to feed demand in Asia
The booming, lucrative and often illicit trade in sea cucumbers, seahorses and fish maws threatens species and coastal communities
How smuggled gold destined for Dubai or Singapore has links to France and Mali
Three Malagasy citizens were apprehended at OR Tambo International airport, but now the trail is found to connect to France and Mali
The extraordinary Train of Sugar and Salt
Stunning new film about civilians’ dangerous trade trip to gain income during Mozambican war.
Wheels and deals in dusty Bukavu
The well-heeled flock to a marble-clad hotel in a city renowned as a smuggling hub for gold.
The war on dagga sobers up
The prohibition of cannabis in SA now appears as regressive as the culture in which it was outlawed. So where did it come from, and where to now?
Woman caught with ivory at OR Tambo
A 58-year-old woman has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng for possession of 40kg of ivory.
Porous border is smugglers’ paradise
<b>Sean O’Toole</b> and <b>Paul Botes</b> take a journey along the border from Pontdrift to south of Komatipoort to find the gaps in a broken system.
China officials head to Moscow in smuggling row
A Chinese delegation left on Wednesday for talks in Moscow on the fate of 150 merchants seized by Russian authorities in a smuggling crackdown.
A bird in the crotch is worth two in the bush
An Australian man was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his trousers as he got off a flight from the Middle East, authorities said on Tuesday.
Ivory stockpile confusion
It is thought that smugglers are able to use gaps in data on countries’ official ivory stockpiles to sell their own illegal ivory off.