The Fusion Centre has made some strides in fighting Covid-19-related corruption, although it only managed to secure convictions for less than half of the cases it has probed.
On Wednesday, the head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, gave an update on some of the centre's successes since its establishment in May 2020.
The centre, which consists of investigators from the National Prosecuting Authority, its Asset Forfeiture Unit, the SA Revenue Service, the Special Investigating Unit, the Hawks, the police's detectives and Crime Intelligence unit, the national intelligence coordinating committee and the State Security Agency, was established as a multidisciplinary and collaborative effort by all the corruption-fighting agencies that are actively involved in the prevention and combating of corruption.