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Sasfin told Al Jazeera it was taking vigorous action against suspended and former employees and clients of its foreign exchange unit. Photo: Supplied

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

Safe for now: Succulents confiscated from poachers are stored at the /Ai/Ais-Richtersveld Transfrontier Park. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

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

Colonisers’ boundary: A South African National Defence Force member guards suspected undocumented Zimbabwean nationals after they attempted to illegally. (Phill Magakoe/AFP)

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

Desolate: An abandoned De Beers mine at Kleinzee in the Northern Cape (above), and a dog near an illicit
diamond mining site in Namaqualand (below). Photos: Madelene Cronje and Shaun Swingler/Ground Up

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

Still from The Train of Salt and Sugar.

​The extraordinary Train of Sugar and Salt

Stunning new film about civilians’ dangerous trade trip to gain income during Mozambican war.

Guests enjoy the view of Lake Kivu from the veranda of the newly built Panorama Hotel.

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.