Jacques Pauw The front company allegedly used by crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli and other agents to plunder a secret “slush fund” was started by the apartheid-era police. Universal Technical Enterprises (UTE) – a police front company – was established in 1988 by the security branch and used by its bomb-making unit to buy equipment… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW A senior officer in Crime Intelligence holds the key to anysuccessful prosecution of his boss, Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli, and his confidantes for allegedly looting the division’s secret fund. The officer, who revealed details of alleged fraud, theft and nepotism to Hawks investigators, has been placed in a a witness protection programme since spilling… Read More »

by JACQUES PAUW and ADRIAAN BASSON R5 million. That’s how much it cost the police’s embattled crime intelligence unit to employ family members of unit head Lieutenant General Richard Mdluli and supply them with luxury vehicles. Seven of Mdluli’s family members were registered as secret agents in crime intelligence, less than a year after his… Read More »

THE crime intelligence unit ( CIU) has used secret state funds to buy a holiday resort on the Kwazulu- Natal North Coast for the exclusive use of the unit’s top officers. These and other shocking facts about the misuse of CIU funds have emerged in statements to Hawks investigators and a secret report to acting… Read More »

JACQUES PAUW, ADRIAAN BASSON AND PADDY HARPER The security wall around his property may explain why Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is determined to shut down a Hawks investigation into a crime intelligence “slush fund”. City Press can reveal the Hawks were investigating damaging claims that almost R200 000 for renovations to Mthethwa’s house in KwaMbonambi,… Read More »