Tag: Hawks

In the wake of the investigation into an illegal military training camp in White River, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has raided a...

The second quarter of the current financial year and ahead of soldiers being roped in, saw the Hawks (DPCI – Directorate for Priority Crime...

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), known as the Hawks, has made at least 701 arrests with 284 accused people convicted and sentenced...

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) believes investigations into financial malfeasance to the tune of R170 million in the Department of...

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) are investigating four cases of fraud and corruption in the Department of Defence (DoD) involving almost...

National Hawks head, Lieutenant General Advocate Godfrey Lebeya, says the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) will begin to focus its attention on ensuring...

National Hawks Head, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, has commended the Directorate’s Serious Commercial Crime Investigation team for seizing R30 million worth of suspected illicit...

National Hawks head, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, has announced a raft of appointments in an effort to bolster the directorate’s capabilities. Among the new recruits...

The Hawks in Gauteng have pounced on seven suspects believed to be involved in illegal mining in the West Rand area. Colonel Katlego Mogale, Hawks...

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI/Hawks) is currently probing at least 22 477 cases with a combined monetary value of about R1.5 trillion. The...

Hawks' National Head, Lieutenant General, Godfrey Lebeya, has expressed disappointment at the alleged involvement of officers from the Directorate in criminal activities. This comes after...

A gang suspected of swindling a US-based company of Euro 455,000 (about R7,2 million) was taken down in raids across Johannesburg led by investigators...

Hawks' National Head, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, has lauded his team’s recovery of a 600 kg cocaine cache with a street value of R240...

An intelligence driven operation has resulted in the arrest of three people who were found in possession of police equipment including blue lights and...

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has launched an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding a break-in at its Serious Organised Crime offices in...

Eight foreign nationals, aged between 33 and 52, were on Tuesday morning arrested for their links to an alleged R100 million internet scam during...

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has arrested a member of the South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) for his involvement in cross-border...

The Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Investigation unit has arrested a 36-year-old suspect in Gauteng following the August 2020 data breach at Experian. In a statement,...

While not in its area of responsibility, Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) deemed the theft of more than a million rounds of...

Perpetrators of heinous apartheid era atrocities that came to light in late 90s’ Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) will soon have to face the...

An intelligence driven operation on Tuesday morning saw police successfully slam the brakes on a R243 million drugs consignment in an Isipingo depot, in...

Former deputy Hawks head in KwaZulu-Natal, Simon Mzayifani Madonsela, has been sentenced to eight year imprisonment after he was found guilty on two counts...

The Hawks have pounced on an OR Tambo Municipality official in connection with the COVID-19 Relief Fund tender fraud worth over R4.8 million. Whippery Services...

Two senior Hawks officers and a former colleague are expected to appear in court soon after they were this morning arrested for alleged fraud...

Member of Parliament MP and former Minister of State Security Bongani Bongo appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday on charge of...

The absence of arrests and charges against high-level politicians, officials and business people for looting hundreds of billions of rand of public funds in...

Detectives from the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation are making in-roads on several high profile police cases – from allegations of State...

Three suspects, allegedly impersonating Hawks investigators, were arrested in an undercover operation on Wednesday. The suspects, aged between 33 and 51, with one...

Hawks Head Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya says the elite crime-fighting agency is implementing a turnaround strategy in investigating high profile cases, including...

The Hawks in the Western Cape have welcomed the hefty sentences imposed on five suspects who operated an illegal abalone enterprise. The members...

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) acting head Lieutenant General Yolisa Matakata says contrary to media reports, the National Prosecuting Authority...

Now that South Africa has undergone a profound political shift with the appointment of President Cyril Ramaphosa, the hard work of rebuilding...

The Hawks' South African Narcotics Enforcement Bureau (SANEB) together with Crime Intelligence conducted an intelligence driven disruptive operation that yielded a discovery...

The acting head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) says there was no political interference in the timing of their...

Armed South African police raided the luxury home of the Gupta family as part of a probe into allegations the brothers had...

The Hawks have welcomed the sentencing of the thirteen accused implicated in one of the biggest cash heists ever carried out in...

South Africa's law enforcement agencies have adopted an approach called the Organised Crime Threat Assessment (OCTA) - devised to target the actual...

Police Minister Fikile Mbalula says he will embark on a process to fill the permanent vacancy at the head of Hawks. The development...

The stakes for public safety have never been higher in South Africa. Last year saw 3 119 more murders and 31 000...

Thieves broke into the headquarters of South Africa's elite Hawks police unit in Pretoria early on Wednesday, making off with hard drives...

Thieves broke into the headquarters of South Africa's elite Hawks police unit in Pretoria early on Wednesday, making off with hard drives...

Thieves broke into the headquarters of South Africa's elite Hawks police unit in Pretoria early on Wednesday, making off with hard drives...

The South African police minister promised to find a new head for the force's Hawks investigative team and address its reputation as...

South Africa's police minister Fikile Mbalula appointed Yolisa Matakata as the acting head of the powerful Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation, known...

A South African High Court has said the appointment of Berning Ntlemeza as head of an elite police investigation unit is unlawful...

Specialist crime fighting unit the Hawks has asked Parliament for an extra R100 million to buy a helicopter. The request, made late last...

Military Police and the Hawks have arrested two suspects in connection with last weekend's theft of arms and ammunitions from the SA...

Seven people who were arrested this past weekend are facing charges of human trafficking and the possession of drugs, says the Hawks. During...

It's a simple question: can the South African Police Service's (SAPS) Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI), or the Hawks, as they...

Lieutenant General Berning Ntlemeza, head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (better known as the Hawks), wants community involvement with poachers...