Lerato Mbhiza
Hawks head Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya says a number of arrests and convictions of people involved in money laundering, corruption and fraud were secured through the Fusion Centre.
The Fusion Centre was established in May 2020 by the anti-corruption task team and the national priority operational committee as a multidisciplinary and collaborative effort in the prevention and combating of corruption and money laundering.
Lebeya said at a media briefing outlining the accomplishments of the Fusion Centre that the initial focus on the entity was on money laundering, corruption and other financial crimes related to procurement of Personal Protective Equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The Fusion Centre follows an intelligence-driven approach in investigating corruption, and it uses comprehensive data and information analysis; it also fast tracks and expedites the processing of cases, reducing delays,” he said.
One of the 43 cases Lebeya cited, involved an accountant who defrauded the
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