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Western Cape Gang Monitor report: Gangs recruit 12-year-olds, fuelling rise in child murders
Manage episode 487025596 series 2579897
Western Cape gangs are recruiting children as young as 12 to conceal dangerous weapons and as “spotters” to watch out for the police. This phenomenon is driving up the rate of child murders in the province, according to a Western Cape Gang Monitor report released by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC). Citing police data, it revealed “more than one child was murdered every day in the Western Cape over a three-month period in 2024”. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Analyst at Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, Chwayita Thobela.
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351 episodes
Manage episode 487025596 series 2579897
Western Cape gangs are recruiting children as young as 12 to conceal dangerous weapons and as “spotters” to watch out for the police. This phenomenon is driving up the rate of child murders in the province, according to a Western Cape Gang Monitor report released by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC). Citing police data, it revealed “more than one child was murdered every day in the Western Cape over a three-month period in 2024”. Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Analyst at Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, Chwayita Thobela.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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