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Crime
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What Is A Masked Credit Card, And Why Should You Use One To Shop Online?
05 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Whenever you make an online credit card purchase, the processing bank as well as the merchant in question both see all your details. That means your name, number and address. But what if you don’t want them to?
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TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Photos Of 2013 [GALLERY]
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s been one helluva hectic year. There was typhoon Haiyan, the crisis in Syria, the Boston bombings, wild Australian bushfires and worldwide protests.
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New Corruption Index Shows SA Alongside Serbia And Brazil
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While the ANC was busy pointing fingers at Thuli Madonsela for leaking the Nkandla report, South Africa slipped to its lowest-ever spot on the global corruption charts.
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Iceland Police Have Never Killed Anyone. Ever. Until Now
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Take a moment to absorb the fact that, until now, police in Iceland had never killed anyone. A 59 year-old guy in Reykjavik was firing a shotgun in his apartment in the early hours of Monday morning. That was his first bad move.
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New Zuma Reports Expose ‘Gross Misconduct, Deceit Unlawful Acts And Outright Corruption’
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Public protector, Thuli Madonsela, has come through with the goods yet again. This time, they come in the form of three damning reports that expose gross misconduct, deceit, unlawful acts and outright corruption at the highest level of government.
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The Story Of Krejcir, ‘Doctor’ And 25kg Of Crystal Meth
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It seems as if the truth behind the Radovan Krejcir case is slowly beginning to unravel. He appeared along with his three co-accused at a bail hearing in Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court in Katlehong yesterday, when the state accused Krejcir of involvement in a worldwide drug-ring.
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This Guy’s Number Plate Will Make Your Day #etolls [PIC]
03 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yup, it actually happened. At midnight last night, Gauteng’s multi-billion rand etoll network went live.
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Radical Story About A Man’s Life Of Poverty Instead Of Wealth, After Being Switched At Birth
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
60 years ago, two children were born in the same hospital. One of them had rich parents – the other had poor parents. In a cruel twist of fate, the children were swapped by the hospital staff.
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Hidden Camera Busts Pickpocket Training School [VIDEO]
02 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Donka Panova is a 77 year-old woman who is revered in her community for her “special talent”. Otherwise known as ‘Golden Hands’, Panova is one of the most well respected pick-pockets in Bulgaria.
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Nigella Lawson’s Brand Is Crumbling As She Is Labelled A ‘Criminal’ For Drug Addiction She Shared With Daughter
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Following on from our earlier story about “Higella” and her drug use, it’s emerged that there was “a culture of secrecy” between Lawson and ex-husband Charles Saatchi.
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This Cop Linked To Krejcir Is A Piece Of Work – Listen To This
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Warrant officer Samuel “Saddam” Maropeng, one of the two hawks linked to Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir, had been leading a lavish lifestyle before his arrest, thanks to his various operations in the criminal underworld.
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Lostprophets Lead Singer Admits To Attempted Baby Rape
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Ian Watkins has admitted to attempting to rape a baby, and 12 other sex-offence charges hours before the commencement of his trial at the Cardiff crown court in Wales. This, from the Guardian: Watkins, whose former band has sold around 3.5m albums, admitted 13 offences over five years, including attempting to rape one of the […]
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Another Company Falls Prey To A Massive BitCoin Cyber-Heist
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
BIPS is one of the largest European Bitcoin payment processors. And just last week, they were the victim of a huge Bitcoin heist, which saw them lose 1,295 Bitcoin – currently worth R10 million.
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Two Hawks Have Been Arrested For Involvement In Krejcir Kidnapping Case
26 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The never-ending Krejcir saga has taken another wild turn, when it was revealed that two Hawks members – linked to the Czech fugitive – were arrested.
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You Need To Read The Silk Road Founder’s Haunting Journal
22 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We all remember Silk Road, don’t we? That multi-million dollar website that illegally sold drugs using bitcoins? Yes, that one. So, the owner of said site, Ross Ulbricht, was caught and imprisoned. But what was on his laptop at the time he was caught?
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New Jo’burg Hijacking Caught On Camera [VIDEO]
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last week we posted CCTV video footage of an extremely clinical hijacking that took place somewhere in Jo’burg. Now we’ve found even more footage of a similarly well-executed hijacking, also taking place in Jo’burg.
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Here Is The Indictment Served On Oscar Pistorius Yesterday [Full Original Document]
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Oscar Pistorius has been served. His indictment, which was issued just yesterday, contains two extra charges of recklessly firing his gun out of an open car sunroof last year, and firing someone else’s handgun at a restaurant just weeks before he murdered Reeva Steenkamp. Read the whole indictment here
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Of Course That KZN Mall Was Built Illegally
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We all had our suspicions, but it’s now been confirmed. Evidence from the eThekwini Municipality conclusively reveals that the doomed mall in Tongaat had been built illegally.
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How Money Laundering Affects The Value Of Art
19 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
You may have noticed a few ludicrous art sales happening lately, what with this Andy Warhol painting going for a billion rand, and this Francis Bacon piece which was sold for a billion and a half. But how is this value created? Where does it come from and how does it rise so exponentially? Perhaps the world of crime is to blame.
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NEW ‘GAME’: Kids Film Each Other Knocking Out Strangers [VIDEO]
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In America these days, if you’re not knocking out random people on the sidewalk, you’re not cool. Aptly named ‘knockout’, the aim of the game is to identify a target – and then knock him or her out in a single punch. Which is bad enough as it is, but now several teens in New Jersey face jail-time after reportedly beating a homeless man to death.
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EXPLOSIVE: Lance Armstrong Admits Cycling Chiefs Helped Him Cheat
18 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
He just can’t keep out of the headlines, can he? This time he’s had an interview with Emma O’Reilly (the whistleblower who first called him out), and claimed that certain individuals at the very top of the UCI hierarchy played a hand in helping him get away scott-free for so long.
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This Guy Wanted Media24 To Pay Him R320K To Keep Quiet
15 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Wian Bonthuyzen, the former Media24 manager of community newspapers in Media24’s Volksblad stable, had some damning evidence against Media24 – and like any slimy old man, he tried to get Media24 to pay him off before he went to the Competition Tribunal.
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The Coming Krejcir Storm – “Blood Will Flow”
13 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
As the shopfront of of Radovan Krejcir’s bombed-out Money Point cash for gold premises in Bedfordview smouldered yesterday evening, a heavily arm man standing with the grieving relatives of the victims muttered, “Blood will flow. I tell you, now blood will flow.”
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Look At These Illegal Drug Ads Showing Up On Instagram [GALLERY]
12 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Instagram just isn’t the fun, family-friendly service that it used to be. The Facebook-owned platform had some problems a few weeks ago when it was found that users were selling guns via the photo-sharing app. Now though, if you wanted to buy a little bit of drugs to go with your guns, you need not even leave the Instagram app – it’s all there.
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Serial Rapist Bust By Local Undercover Cop Disguised As Schoolgirl
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
We often tend to lambaste the SAPS on this site, but we do also give recognition when recognition is due. And sincere praise is due to one Beauty-Queen Nchabeleng, who went deep undercover to nab a rapist, and make our country that little bit safer.
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Watch: Woman Sells Her Baby In Airport Toilet [VIDEO]
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Honestly – do people not know that CCTV cameras see everything? Apparently not. In the latest episode of ‘smile, you’re on CCTV,’ 22 year-old Dinara, from Turkey, attempts to sell her baby at an airport for R5,000.
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Remember Those New SA Crime Stats? They Were Wrong
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In September, we released a story that lamented South Africa’s worsening crime statistics. At the time of release, those statistics were considered to be ‘the worst crime statistics in 10 years’. It turns out that the reality is a lot more worse than worst.
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BLIND: Mandla Mandela’s Receives Summons, From HIS OWN Lawyers
07 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re the grandson of a Nobel Peace Prize winner and all-round good guy, the world kind of expects you to be at least somewhat good-natured, yourself. Such was the expectation that weighed on Mandla Mandela’s shoulders. Furthermore, as Madiba’s eldest grandchild, you’re also expected to handle your affairs with a certain degree of maturity. Sadly, despite the expectations, Mandla managed to mess it all up. Quite badly.
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Mango Airlines Give Middle Finger To ASA
06 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Just after we published the article on Mango Airlines and their case with the ASA, we had a little squizz on their website to see if they had obeyed the ASA’s ruling – and we found something that might be of interest.
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This Teenager Just Sold Her Virginity For R285,000 [PIC]
05 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There have been rumours about this sort of transaction happening for a while now – but sources in Russia have just confirmed that a deal has very definitely been sealed. What’s more, police have given the lucky lady the green light, claiming that the transaction, “does not fit into a description of the ‘Prostitution’ clause.” Really? It doesn’t?
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