Foreign Nationals Targeted In S.Africa's Extortion Explosion
Police say 112 protection-racket cases were recorded nationally in April-June, with foreign-owned spaza shops among the hardest hit.
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The three men were accused of extorting money from some 50 neighbourhood surrettes, the "spaza shops", run by Ethiopians and Somalis. In the box, an alleged accomplice, Somali, was charged with collecting monthly the "protection tax" demanded of these businesses in the Stellenbosch region, which was taken by tourists for his visits to wine estates, about 40 km from Cape Town. According to the South African authorities, the extortion business is …
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Foreign Nationals Face Growing Extortion Threat in South Africa - TV360 Nigeria
Foreign-owned businesses are increasingly becoming prime targets in South Africa’s growing extortion economy, with Ethiopian and Somali shopkeepers among those facing mounting threats for protection payments. The scale of the problem was highlighted in a Cape Town court last month, where a South African man and his two sons, including a serving police officer, appeared …
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