09 March 2006

AFU has seized billions of rands since formation

More than a billion rands' worth of suspected criminal assets have been frozen since the formation of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA's) Assets Forfeiture Unit (AFU) seven years ago.

Vusi Pikoli, the NPA national director, has told a parliamentary hearing that this sum indicates the size of what he calls "the criminal economy".

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