Considering the damning assessment of the operations of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) as contained in the most recent National Risk Assessment Report, it was somewhat heartening to learn of SOCU’s action to bring about charges against three members of a family alleged to have been involved in money laundering activities. However, questions remain as to why other individuals and/or business entities that may have been the masterminds behind these activities, are also not being investigated and prosecuted. The Unit needs to do considerably more as an anti-corruption body, especially in view of the large number of individuals and businesses that are flaunting unexplained wealth with impunity.
