Paarl Magistrate’s Court. Image: Screenshot/Google Earth Pro.
Criminal haven? Another Interpol fugitive nabbed in Paarl
A 55-year-old suspect, wanted by Interpol, was apprehended in Paarl. Last week, a Rwandan genocide fugitive was nabbed in the area.
Paarl Magistrate’s Court. Image: Screenshot/Google Earth Pro.
A 55-year-old suspect in the Interpol Red Notice list was arrested in Paarl, Western Cape, via a joint operation by the Hawks Serious Commercial Crimes Investigation Unit and Interpol.
Fugitive Attorney Arrested in Paarl
On Friday, 2 June, the suspect is expected to make his first court appearance in the Paarl Magistrate’s Court.
“It was established that suspect is a fugitive from justice being sought by the Namibian authorities to stand trial for racketeering, fraud, corruption and money laundering after an arrest warrant and extradition notice were authorised by the Paarl Magistrate in 2022,” said Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale.
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It is alleged that in 2020, victims sought the services of the suspect without knowing that he was suspended from practising as an attorney in 2016. He was struck from the roll in 2022.
“It is further alleged that the suspect caused an amount totalling in excess of R3 million to be deposited into his Trust Account, and the complainant also deposited R280 000,00 into the same bank account for legal services,” said the Hawks.
A cellphone and laptop were confiscated during the arrest as part of the investigation.
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RED NOTICE SUSPECTS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Fulgence Kayishema, who was allegedly involved in the massacre of over 2000 people during the Rwandan Genocide, is expected to make his second appearance in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday.
The accused, who was on the run from international authorities for two decades, was nabbed in Paarl last week, where he reportedly worked as a security guard at a farm.
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As previously reported, since 2020, five fugitives allegedly involved in the Rwandan genocide, including Félicien Kabuga, Augustin Bizimana, Protais Mpiranya, and Phéneas Munyarugarama, have been apprehended. Only three fugitives now remain at large.
Elsewhere in the Western Cape, another red notice fugitive, Krasimir Kamenov, whom Bulgaria wanted, was killed in a mass shooting in Constantia, Cape Town.
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