SOUTH AFRICA FEATURE
January 1st, 2005
BY RICHARD HURST, in JohannesburgSOUTH Africa is an emerging economy, neither fully developed, nor fully developing. As a result, there are some rich pickings for commercial criminals, who can operate more freely than in Europe and North America. Richard Hurst reports from Johannesburg.COMMERCIAL crime in South Africa is reported to cost the country roughly Rand 40 billion (GBPounds 3.53 billion) each year, according to statistics recently released by the Commercial Branch of the South African Police Services (SAPS). The SAPS Commercial Branch reported roughly ...
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