The Democratic Alliance has called for the
better use of the Asset Forfeiture Unit to fight gang-related crime.
This
follows a reply to a DA parliamentary question which revealed that the Western Cape
DA Provincial Spokesperson on Community
Safety Mireille Wenger has written to the National Prosecuting Authority in the
province to raise her concerns regarding the low conviction rate.
Wenger says ‘’between 2011 and 2013 there
were 950 reported gang related murders in our province, in that same time
frame, the criminal justice system only managed to convict 35 cases
successfully, which is a 4% conviction rate
“Similarly for gang-related attempted
murders there were 2207 gang-related attempted murders in our province, in the
same period of time, 50 cases were successfully prosecuted which compare the
number of cases generated in the time is equivalent to a 2%conviction rate”
Wenger added.
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