PoliticalSouth Africa·Unpinned17 Oct 2026
Suspect arrested for Home Affairs passport fraud syndicate
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On Friday, the Hawks arrested the final suspect in a multimillion-rand passport fraud and human smuggling syndicate operating across several South African provinces. The syndicate utilized a 'photo swapping' method to replace the images on genuine South African passports with those of foreign nationals, a scheme allegedly facilitated by corrupt Home Affairs…
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