Construction mafia | Extortion becomes a growing menace

JOHANNESBURG - In recent years, SA’s construction industry has faced a growing menace.

Criminal mafias are demanding pay-offs from businesses.

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What initially started as sporadic incidents of extortion on individual projects, has escalated into a widespread and systematic threat across the nation.

Statistics show that this criminality has so far cost the South African economy around R68-billion.

Roelof Viljoen from Business Against Crime South Africa discussed this with eNCA.