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IT COMES as no surprise that the Global Organized Crime Index 2023 revealed Mafia-style criminal networks are on the increase in South Africa.
The index, which was released by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) recently, reveals the continuing rise of organised crime globally, with 83% of the world’s population living in conditions of high criminality.
And criminality and resilience – the measures taken by the state to combat organised crime – have worsened in South Africa.
The index refers to SA as an outlier in
