protection rackets

  • GI-TOC Reports on South Africa’s Emerging ‘Construction Mafia’

    For almost a decade now, South Africa’s construction sector has had to contend with organized crime groups that extort construction sites for moneyor a stake in development projects, and are not adverse to threatening those who oppose them with violence or death, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC)reported Tuesday.

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