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Organised crime threatens South Africa with a Latin American future: Cachalia – ProtectionWeb | SA News

Police minister Firoz Cachalia has warned that the rise of organised crime in South Africa threatens the country’s national security and the endurance of its democracy.

He was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of an event hosted by the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation.

Responding to questions about whether South Africa could go the way of Colombia and Ecuador, where organised crime has destabilised these states, he conceded that this was a possibility. The institutions tasked with dealing with corruption would need to be strengthened and perform their roles more effectively, if this situation is to be avoided.

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