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National Director of Public Prosecutions v Abbu and Others (D8053/2019) [2022] ZAKZDHC 45

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National Director of Public Prosecutions v Abbu and Others (D8053/2019) [2022] ZAKZDHC 45

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4th November 2022

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[1]          Organised crime refers to those self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate either domestically or internationally for the purposes of obtaining power, influence, monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means by protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption or violence.[1]

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[2]          South Africa in line with international standards has enacted various legislation to combat organised crime and corruption which has become endemic in society.

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[3]          This application pertains to the confirmation of the rule nisi effectively against the second defendant and forty-fourth respondent from dealing in any way whatsoever with the property restrained subject to the grant of the provisional restraint order in terms of s 26 of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 (‘POCA’).

[4]          The first to sixteenth respondents are persons referred to as defendants in s 12 of POCA.[2] For ease of reference, I adopt that terminology in this judgment.

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