By Thapelo Molefe
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), known as the Hawks, reported over 1000 significant law enforcement achievements in the fourth quarter of the 2024/25 financial year.
National Head Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya delivered the report during a media briefing in Pretoria on Thursday. It was followed by a handover of a new fleet to the directorate.
Lebeya announced that the DPCI had recorded 656 arrests, 266 convictions and 102 asset recoveries for the reporting period.
“These performances make the total recorded successes on arrests, convictions and attachment of assets to 1024,” he said.
The arrests involved a range of serious crimes, including corruption, organised crime, commercial crime, kidnapping cash-in-transit robberies, police killings cybercrime, human trafficking and illegal mining.
Lebeya highlighted the scope and reach of these operations, explaining that most arrests took place in Gauteng, followed by North West, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and the Free State.
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