Niël Terblanché In a significant blow to cybercriminal activities, the Namibian Police apprehended 20 individuals, primarily foreign nationals, on a slew of charges that encompass human trafficking, cyber fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. The mass arrest follows a raid on a house in the affluent Windhoek neighbourhood of Auasblick. The individuals in custody consist...
The 14 people arrested in a swoop operation on October 4 on charges of transnational internet fraud and trafficking in persons appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court this afternoon. The case was postponed to April 15 for further investigations, and bail was refused to all. Of those arrested, many of those deemed foreigners were indicated...
The founder and Chief Executive Officer of Erisco Foods Ltd., Chief Eric Umeofia, says that a powerful syndicate keen on killing his company is behind the “false and malicious’’ social media post against the company. Speaking to newsmen on Saturday in Lagos on the raging Facebook controversy, Umeofia said that the syndicate, whom he identified...
Floris Steenkamp A copper cable theft syndicate has been busted during a night operation early on Friday in the Rooibank area of Walvis Bay. The success of the operation is thanks to a well-coordinated effort between the Namibian Police, an anti-copper theft unit, and Rubicon Security Services. Two alleged syndicate members were arrested with an...