Media Statement
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (HAWKS)

WESTERN CAPE - The Hawks' George based Serious Organised Crime Investigation team have on 24 March 2026 arrested a 27-year-old suspect on charges of trafficking in persons after the execution of a warrant of arrest.

This was after information was received about a possible victim of trafficking in Oudtshoorn.

Meticulous investigation by the Hawks revealed that the victim was lured by the suspect to come to South Africa from Egypt as he was unemployed. The suspect allegedly offered to employ the victim in South Africa.

Arriving in South Africa, his travel documents were confiscated by the suspect. The victim allegedly worked for the suspect without getting paid and was assaulted.

The suspect will make his first appearance in the Oudtshoorn Magistrate’s Court on 25 March 2026.

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