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Failure to deal with organised crime creates a peculiar threat to #civicspace and the rule of law. It may also explain why Africa is undergoing democratic decay or regression
#MafiaStates
#GoldMafia
#IllicitFinancialFlows
#MoneyLaundering
#PoliticallyExposedPersons
@TitoMagoti
Since Al Jazeera’s explosive Gold Mafia investigation exposed allegations of large-scale gold smuggling, the illicit tobacco trade, money laundering, corruption and criminal networks with links to South Africa, the glaring question remains: where are the arrests?
Years have passed, yet there has been no arrests in South Africa arising directly from the allegations exposed in the investigation.
That should concern every South African.
The documentary did not merely make vague allegations. It presented undercover footage, recorded conversations and detailed claims about how illicit products, cash and criminal proceeds were moved through sophisticated networks.
The evidence was serious enough to warrant thorough investigation by South Africa’s law-enforcement and prosecuting authorities.
Yet the public has seen little tangible evidence of consequences.
Yes, investigations of complex financial and organised crime can take time. But after many years, the public is entitled to ask what progress has been made, what evidence has been obtained, whether cases have been opened, whether suspects have been interviewed and why there has been no enforcement action.
The bigger issue is confidence in the rule of law.
If ordinary South Africans can be arrested swiftly when accused of serious offences, but allegations involving sophisticated criminal networks, enormous sums of money and potentially influential individuals appear to languish for years without visible consequences, it inevitably raises questions about whether law enforcement is applying the law equally.
South Africa cannot afford a situation where organised criminals believe that wealth, connections or sophisticated financial structures can place them beyond the reach of the law.
The authorities should provide clear answers.
What happened to the investigations?
Who was investigated?
What evidence was gathered?
Were dockets opened?
Were prosecutions considered?
If there were obstacles, what were they?
And, most importantly, why has the public seen no arrests directly linked to the Gold Mafia allegations in South Africa?
This is not about demanding that people be arrested simply because they appeared in an investigative documentary. It is about demanding accountability from the institutions responsible for investigating credible allegations of serious organised and financial crime.
If there is insufficient evidence to prosecute, the authorities should say so and explain why. If investigations are ongoing, the public deserves meaningful updates.
And if evidence supports criminal charges, then the law must take its course -regardless of who is involved.
Years of silence are not good enough. South Africans deserve answers.
@TaxJustice_SA @AJ_Investigates @SAPoliceService @NPA_Prosecutes @RSASIU @INTERPOL_HQ
#MafiaStates | #TrumpPutin | #StatePiracy - Trump's piratical assault on #America represents a kleptocratic and reactionary effort to transition power in our nation into his own private system of patronage (#PPS). #AmericanPoliticians should be honest about #IllTrumpolini's #MalignantNarcissism, his disinterest in the interests of the nation (!), including our #AmericanBirthright as stewards of our lands and of our once well-knit political society, and his interest in establishing a criminal nobility.
--According to information received by the House judiciary minority committee, some agents received payments of nearly $8,000 every two weeks, despite already earning at the federal salary ceiling. While the exact total received by each individual remains unclear, the committee says it can confirm a number of agents received at least five such payments in consecutive pay periods, amounting to close to $40,000 per person.--
https://t.co/9wmjB7v40J
#AmericaUnderAssault x #CriminalsInPower | #StateCapture / #StatePiracy.
Thematic: #AmericanMafiaState; #FeudalMedievalMafia; #MedievalVModern (!); #RussianMafiaState.
--The main beneficiaries, according to Raskin, were agents serving on Patel’s “director’s advisory team”. The unit was created in 2025 and tasked with examining internal documents and government materials to expose and discredit federal law enforcement officials who had investigated Trump and his allies.-->
#DJT had been handled and channeled.
#RussiaRussiaRussia
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https://t.co/1dOTqEQQBj;
https://t.co/Lmfe57lRSA;
https://t.co/Gg6t9DMFf2;
https://t.co/k84m44CU8i;
https://t.co/eOS3fVJuno.
Related: #LittleMoscow
#MafiaStates; #RussianMafiaState - we know where he started: Roy Cohn; Anthony Salerno. #WeThePeople may see him -- #IllTrumpolini -- at last.
#Kleptocracy, #MafiaStates, #MalignantNarcissism, #RussiaRussiaRussia, and #TrumpPutin well appear to represent the methods and principles known to #FeudalMedievalMafia. Neither #DonaldTrump nor #VladimirPutin care about the normal national interests of their respective states but rather the magnificence, power, and sustained strength of each his own system of private patronage!
#AbsolutePower | #PrivatePatronageSystems #PPS
#TheWest appears to have the habit of lending both "leaders"--they are criminals!--the dignity of being "rational actors" when each is far from any authentic grounding in civilizational, contemporary, lawful, and rational international relations. The two appear inextricably integrated with their underworlds and related bad business via dictatorships and mercenary armies worldwide.
Stated in four images -->
Remember: #TrumpLies | & #TrumpPutin represent #FeudalMedievalMafia and related criminal mentality in their #MalignantNarcissism as well as their financial and shadow system relationships (reference: #MafiaStates, #RussianMafiaState, #RussiaRussiaRussia).
For insight: https://t.co/WML349P4Qh (x #JasonJaySmart).
Related: #AmericaUnderAssault.
From my perspective, #America has been already boarded, commandeered, disarmed, and prepared for plundering in the format known to archaic feudal power.
#ViktorYanukovych skimmed tens of billions of dollars from Ukraine's business community to kick a portion of it up to #VladimirPutin.
Since when do thieves garner respect?
#TrumpPutin - #Criminals - #Dictatorships - #FeudalMedievalMafia - #Kleptocracy #MafiaStates - #MalignantNarcissism #PoliticalCriminals v. #UkraineDefenseDignityFreedom.
Thematic: #MedievalVModern; #RussiaVTheWest.
#CollusionNoDelusion #DonaldTrump #PaulManafort #SteveWitkoff | #Corruption #FeudalMedievalMafia #MafiaStates #MedievalVModern #RussiaRussiaRussia #StatePiracy | x #AnneApplebaum - Manafort-to-Witkoff . . . the point should be obvious. Also, the themes noted as hashtags may be greater than any given opinion or report.
Related: #AmericaUnderAssault x #CriminalsInPower.
Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
https://t.co/gUXQbfjUjS
@bruce_steiner "How will you feel when DT becomes the first US president to go to prison?"
Free and secure as well as confident in the character of my nation.
#MafiaLeader -> #MafiaStates.
#TrumpPutin: #Criminals #MaligNarcs #PolitCrims #Tyrants
⚫ In this #GIJC23 panel, veteran journalists explained how an industry of enablers is supporting a growing group of #kleptocracies and #mafiastates around the world, and that following the money is a great way to track them.
Report by @RowanPhilp. ⬇️
https://t.co/OgDRMve0My
⚫ In this #GIJC23 panel, veteran journalists explained how an industry of enablers is supporting a growing group of #kleptocracies and #mafiastates around the world, and that following the money is a great way to track them.
Report by @RowanPhilp. ⬇️
https://t.co/OgDRMve0My
After all, who wouldn't want to join a club with two of the world's largest #corrupt, #genocidal, & #authoritarian & #totalitarian #triad/#mafiastates?
#BRI #BeltAndRoad #BRF #CCP/#CPC #Kremlin #Xi #Putin
I really couldn't say which #Republican candidate is worse or more dangerous: one says he's ready to "start slitting throats" if elected, and the other threatens (in capitals, of course) "IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER YOU!"
#MafiaStates or #bananaRepublic?
"Russia’s war on Ukraine is about more than killing Ukrainians and stealing our land. President Vladimir Putin is trying to destroy the very foundations of the European security order formed after 1945." #AbsolutePower #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Kleptocracy #MafiaStates.
To bring the war in Ukraine to an end—and to guarantee peace and stability in Europe for generations to come—Kyiv’s Western partners must start preparing for Ukraine’s accession to NATO, writes Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs @DmytroKuleba.
https://t.co/6tK7nYBClP
2020 #RuleofLaw Index (@TheWJP) - Constraints on Government Powers benchmark (key one to detect ongoing/completed autocratisation):
Hungary: 108th out of 128 countries measured
Russia: 115th
#MutualRespect btw #MafiaStates
Hungary's and Russia's cooperation is based on mutual respect; the world needs decent Eastern-Western relations instead of ideological debates - FM Peter #Szijjarto said after meeting Russian FM Sergei #Lavrov. (Photo: FB)
@jbadomics Why do Russia & China have both COVID vaccines & sponsored a lot of Antivaxx Ops?
B/c they are #MafiaStates?
Awaiting the #USElectionResults2020!
Nowhere in rule-of-law nations, media decides on election winner. Only in #mafiastates, #authoritarian & #kleptocratic regimes, #state-owned #media declares a pre-determined winner. @realDonaldTrump @GOP @SenateGOP
https://t.co/HOdPGh5LX0
#MafiaStates #zetas #MS13 #ElitesCrime. It all happened in a flash.
#10YearsInSightCrime:
https://t.co/I8OWSNq9sr
#MafiaStates #zetas #MS13 #ElitesCrime. Todo sucedió en un instante:
#10AñosInSightCrime
https://t.co/VkIRoX3aPq
@jeffstone500 The @EUCouncil's mission is anathema to lawless #MafiaStates like Russia and China!
"The EU remains committed to a global, open, stable, peaceful and secure cyberspace and therefore reiterates the need to strengthen int'l cooperation in order to promote the rules-based order" 🔥
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