Democratic Alliance press statement by Terri Stander MP DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs Government lax on tackling rhino poaching as a priority crime Recent reports suggest that government refuses to tackle rhino poaching as a priority crime, despite the National Joint Operations and Intelligence Structure (NatJoints) “elevating” rhino poaching to a priority crime in March 2013 The Department of Priority Crimes Unit within the HAWKS has for at least the last 5 years been responsible for investigating all rhino poaching incidents across the country. But according to Mr. Rodney Visser, the National Security Head of the Shamwari group, HAWKS officials were recently instructed that the responsibility for investigating rhino poaching incidents had been handed over to the SAPS Stock Theft unit who do not investigate priority crimes. To read more, click on this link: bit.ly/1s7hkTT
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:23:31 +0000
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