DURBAN - KwaZulu-Natal top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi said money to fund the anti-crime initiative will not come from the taxpayers, but the criminals themselves.
This is because the new project focused on organised crime, will be funded using assets seized from criminal operations.
Mkhwanazi said the goal is to go after criminals, including investigating the operations, seizing assets linked to the criminal operation, and recovering the money from the assets.
“Once the money has been recovered from whatever assets that we've disposed of, we put it into a CARA (Criminal Assets Recovery Account) fund,” he said.
Mkhwanazi said the long-term plan is to be self-sufficient, funded by the very same criminals.
“If these criminals are making millions, we see them, they're driving large vehicles, they've got multiple properties, they live large, they wear designer clothes and stuff like that. It's about time that we go for the purse,” he added.