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CCTV Footage Shows Credit Card Fraudsters Scamming Tourists In Cape Town
17 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
As 1984-esque as constant video monitoring might feel to most regular people, the reality is that it has become necessary in a country where every corner or bush seems to be hiding some dirtbag trying to steal from someone.
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UK Press Reports British Airways Pilot Abducted And Tortured In Johannesburg
12 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
According to the police report, the pilot endured hours of torture and physical assaults. It only ended when he was left penniless. He is just happy to be alive.
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More Details And Images From Pretoria’s ‘Shawshank Redemption’ Prison Break
11 Dec 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Correctional services officials are saying that the state of Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre is allegedly to blame for the recent escape of two dangerous criminals.
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Just Another Morning Heist As Armed Gang Raids Durban Jewellery [Videos]
10 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
In another brazen morning jewellery heist, armed crooks attacked Narandas Jewellers at Gateway Mall in Durban.
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They’re Using Porsches For Cash-In-Transit Heists These Days [Video]
06 Nov 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
I guess after a long day of heisting and terrifying CIT van drivers, it’s nice to settle into a Porsche as you drive away from the scene of the crime.
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Warning: SA Thieves Are Using This New Scam To Steal Cars
27 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Tracker, one of the country’s biggest vehicle tracking companies, has warned of a new car theft scam doing the rounds.
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It’s Been A While Since We’ve Covered A Daytime Jewellery Store Heist [Videos]
12 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Yesterday, two jewellery heists played out in two different provinces, with both ending in gunfire.
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Latest Hijacking Stats Show Crooks Are Back At Work
13 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Unfortunately, while many industries remain closed during lockdown, criminals are getting back to work.
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Dashcam Captures Wild Car Chase And Shootout In KZN [Video]
25 Mar 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Dashcam footage captured a wild car chase and shootout between response officers and the driver of a Golf 6.
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Box Wine And Dancing – Inmates Party Hard In Eastern Cape Jail [Video]
12 Mar 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
A video is doing the rounds showing inmates at the Mdantsane Correctional Services Centre sipping wine and getting their groove on.
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It Shouldn’t Be This Easy To Rob A Cash-In-Transit Van [Video]
06 Feb 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The Marabastad Market Stalls in Pretoria turned into the scene of a very quick, very dangerous, and seemingly very easy cash-in-transit heist.
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SAPS Warning: Hijackers Have A New Trick For Stealing Cars
29 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The SAPS has warned that hijackers have upped their game, and are using a few new tricks to steal cars in South Africa.
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Second Teen Killed By Attackers On Clifton’s Victoria Road
02 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Just two months after an 18-year-old UCT student was killed near Clifton Third Beach, another teen has been killed on Victoria Road.
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Wild Video Of Shootout Between Police And Criminals Outside Durban Mall
29 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Dramatic footage shows police engaged in a shootout with criminals who tried to flee the scene of a robbery in Westville, Durban.
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Interesting Study Looks Into Why Family Members Protect Criminals
30 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
If someone you loved committed a crime, would you protect them or turn them in? A recent study tried to answer that question.
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Your Daily Service Station Robbery Video Comes From KZN
14 Oct 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Police are looking for three armed men who robbed a shop at a service station in Nseleni in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Canadian Immigration Scam Nailing South Africans Is Basically The Perfect Crime
11 Jun 2019 by Carrie / 1 Comment
South Africans are losing huge sums of money to immigration fraudsters, in what some are calling “the perfect crime”.
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Harrowing Footage Of Durban Mom Fighting Off Armed Criminals With Baby In Her Arms [Video]
05 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A mother fought off armed robbers with her baby on her hip when her family was attacked in Pinetown, west of Durban, on Saturday night.
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Go Here To Experience A Smash And Grab In Cape Town
13 Dec 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
The City of Cape Town is appealing to motorists to look out for opportunistic criminals when they’re on the road, especially if they’re driving through these four areas.
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The Moment A Constantia Kloof Family Was Taken Hostage In Their Own Car [Video]
16 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
The SAPS is looking for five suspects who were caught on camera hijacking and kidnapping a family of three in Constantia Kloof, West Rand.
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Broad Daylight Shooting In Jozi Leaves Onlookers In Shock [Video]
23 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Two people, including a member of the Hawks, were badly wounded in a shooting on the Jan Smuts offramp in Jozi.
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Bloomberg Goes Inside South Africa’s Murder Capital
16 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Police logged 1 473 homicides in Nyanga over the past five years, making it one of the most dangerous places to be outside a war zone.
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SA Handbag Thieves Using Kids With Great Success [Video]
12 Oct 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
Video footage has captured a woman using a small child to steal a phone out of an older woman’s bag.
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Another Video Showing Just How Gatvol South Africans Have Become With Crime
11 Sep 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
The motorcyclist who foiled a smash-and-grab is the latest example of a trend developing in South Africa, that sees people fighting back when confronted with crime.
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The 100 Most Wanted People In South Africa
13 Apr 2018 by Sloane Hunter / 1 Comment
South Africa might be home to some hardened criminals, but police don’t seem to keen on sharing exactly who the most wanted are.
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Bizarre New ‘Brown Substance’ Crime Gang Doing Their Thing In JHB
18 Mar 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s good that people like to think outside the box but these criminals in Jozi have surprised everyone with their unique approach to the old-fashioned snatch and grab.
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Caught On Camera: Blairgowrie Couple Robbed By ‘Mercedes Benz’ Gang
23 May 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Is it ever going to get better? Crime is part of our daily existence in South Africa, it seems. Now driving out of the front gates of our own homes is apparently dangerous as well.
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Facebook Helped To Solve These 20 Infamous Crimes [INFOGRAPHIC]
02 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Who would’ve guessed that Facebook, the time-stealing, secret-revealing social forum would ever be more than a place to share funny videos of crazy cats and post pics of your latest meal? A recent infographic put together by the Criminal Justice Degrees Guide shows 20 crimes that Facebook assisted or helped to solve.
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They May Be Drug Smugglers, But At Least They Pay For Parking
13 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The latest in a series of phenomenally creative, Hollywood movie style smuggling stories involves false-bottomed cars, parking meters and a total of 16 tunnels. Of course no one was caught in the act, but if you guessed that the tunnels were supposed to be filled with drugs and some very naughty Mexicans, you’d be correct.
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Fugitive Updates Facebook Status To “Catch Me If You Can” – Gets Arrested
29 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Victor Burgos is one loco ese! After appearing on the local police department’s most wanted list, he posted a video of himself walking into a police station online. He also taunted the police with this Facebook status: “Catch me if you can, I’m in Brooklyn”. Guess where they caught him?
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