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From ‘Paradise Lost’ To ‘Paradise Regained’: Arrests Bring Hope Amid Wild Coast Crime Surge
11 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
“Now we have a good story to tell. We are very optimistic that the situation has been addressed. I am very encouraged that the Wild Coast will be back to normal.”
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‘Pay Up Or Die!’ − The Eastern Cape Has Become A Play Ground For Extortion Syndicates
22 Aug 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Businesses and schools in the Eastern Cape town of Mthatha are increasingly being forced to close doors due to the extortion syndicates treating their hard work like playthings.
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Cape Flats Crime Fighters Alarmed By Rising Student Gang Activity During School Holidays
08 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Crime fighters have even raised the alarm over the use of hectic drugs among children on the Cape Flats after an eight-year-old boy was found high on four types of drugs including cocaine.
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Daily Maverick Explains How Cops Are Developing Mega Court Case To Take Down Western Cape Gang Empire
02 Jul 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Over 10 months the police made at least 17 arrests that extended into the restaurant, construction and private business sector, and even Cape Town’s municipality, all with one criminally-flexible couple at the centre.
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Gauteng Police Cracking Down On False Gang Murder Rumours
24 Jun 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The Gauteng police have debunked social media claims of 13 gang-related murders, confirming that only three murders occurred in Westbury and Sophiatown.
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Last Night’s Carte Blanche Episode Was A Really Tough Watch – Cape Town Children Being Forced Into Gangsterism [Videos]
03 Jun 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Children pay the ultimate price of lawlessness in the Cape Flats – as victims, but most tragically, as perpetrators, too.
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Upcoming Elections Overshadowed By Threat Of Potential Violence, According To Assassination Report
22 May 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The report highlighted that “gangsterism in South Africa is inextricably caught up in issues of governance”.
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Parents Hid Gangster Son Who Allegedly Murdered A Kid With His Bare Hands
04 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Seven suspects are facing first-degree murder and kidnapping charges in connection with the death of 16-year-old Preston Lord. One of the suspects was allegedly taken to a cabin for his hands to heal.
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New Leader And 50 New Officers Bolster The Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit
23 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
A total of 250 murders from this period were gang-related, as well as 351 cases of attempted murder and 15 cases of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
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Brazillian Gang Torches 35 Buses After Leader Is Killed By Cops During Raid [Video]
25 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Authorities were forced to deploy helicopters and other extra security after the nephew of a criminal leader of the largest militia group in the state was gunned down.
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Footage Captures Explosive-Fitted Drone Blowing Up On Ecuador Prison’s Roof [Video]
14 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A video has been released that shows a ‘kamikaze’ drone fitted with explosives getting blown to bits on the roof of an Ecuador prison that holds some of the country’s worst druglords.
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Aggressive Action Needed As There Are More Drug Houses Than Schools In The Western Cape
06 Jun 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Authorities have warned that an aggressive approach is needed to abate drug houses in the region, as it is ludicrous that drug peddling is outweighing education.
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Cape Town’s Plan To Spend R860 Million On Anti-Crime Tech Might Be A Total Waste
11 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A Cape Flats resident mocked the new tech-driven interventions saying “It’s a bloody joke, to be honest”.
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‘We’re Waiting For You’: Gunmen Threaten Messi With Attack On Family Shop
03 Mar 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Lionel Messi received an ominous threat from unknown gunmen when they opened fire on his in-laws’ supermarket in his hometown of Rosario.
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“Sea Of Skin And Tattoos”: Shocking Footage Of 2 000 Prisoners In El Salvador’s Gang Crackdown [Images+Videos]
27 Feb 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
On Friday, El Salvador’s government moved thousands of suspected gang members to its new mega-prison in a crime crackdown.
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Sniper Rifles And Ducatis – Inside An Alleged Gang Boss’ Jozi Home [Video]
18 Nov 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
On Thursday morning, the streets of Bryanston turned into a crime scene as a multi-disciplinary team descended to arrest an alleged Israeli gang boss and seven others.
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The Cape’s Most Dangerous Gangs Are Using Drones Now
12 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Law enforcement is already overwhelmed when it comes to dealing with the scourge of gangsterism in Cape Town and the Western Cape at large.
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Good Luck To Anybody Trying To Fix The Train Line In Bonteheuwel [Video]
31 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gangsters have been making death threats against workers employed to fix the railway line in Bonteheuwel.
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“They’re Shooting To Kill You” – Walking The Streets Of Some Of Cape Town’s Most Dangerous Neighbourhoods [Video]
03 Aug 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Large parts of the Cape Flats have seen “all-out war” for months as gangs battle for control of the streets.
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Life Inside Central America’s Deadliest Gang [Video]
30 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I don’t imagine spending time inside a Central American prison, some of which are reserved solely for members of MS-13, is for the faint of heart.
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Grassy Park Has Worse Murder Stats Than The Whole Of Switzerland
21 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The situation is so bad that police have labelled the area a “red zone”, meaning ambulances cannot freely travel without a police escort.
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Dan Mace Hires Former Gang Leader To Take Him On Cape Town Tour [Video]
31 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Reformed gang leader Turner Adams, who was once Kaptein of commanders of the 28s Military Wing inside prison, takes Mace into Lavender Hill and other areas many Capetonians don’t often visit.
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Machine Gun Mayhem In Manenberg [Video]
23 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A video filmed on Thursday has once again shone a light on how Manenberg residents are “being held hostage and live in fear”.
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“There’s No Gate Out”: Former Top Cop Sheds Light On How Infamous Numbers Gangs Operate
29 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Jeremy Vearey is well versed in the topic due to being held in the B Section of Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, where the gangs’ leaders were also kept.
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Broad Daylight Shooting As Gang Wars Continue In Hanover Park [Video]
25 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday afternoon, Hanover Park residents hid in fear as gunshots rang out.
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It’s All-Out War In Manenberg
17 Mar 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The violence has become so normalised that bodies sometimes lie on the street outside schools, and children can differentiate between different types of gunfire.
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‘Saw’ Has Nothing On This Drug Gang’s Torture Chamber
09 Feb 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
At the trial of 11 suspects this week, Dutch public prosecutor Koos Plooij told a court of the “repulsive” and “hell-like” chamber they planned to use on rival gang members.
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Full-Scale Drug War As Notorious Cape Gang Battles For Durban Turf
08 Dec 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Hard Livings gang, which has an extensive footprint across Cape Town, has now muscled in on the turf of the Sydenham Heights Boys.
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Life As A Member Of Cape Town’s ‘Americans’ Gang [Video]
30 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Local research has shown that our extensive lockdowns have actually helped Cape gang kingpins cement their power.
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They’re Comparing This Pretoria Area To The Cape Flats As “John Wick” Hits Back
28 Oct 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The rumoured leader of the notorious “Boko Haram” gang was murdered earlier this week, with residents dubbing the man responsible for his killing “John Wick”.
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