Rogue : the inside story of SARS's elite crime-busting unit / Johann van Loggerenberg ; with Adrian Lackay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Loggerenberg, Johann, author.

Contributor:

Lackay, Adrian.

Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal investigation.

South Africa.

South African Revenue Service.

Criminal investigation--South Africa.

Physical Description:

xx, 288 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg : Jonathan Ball Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

The story of a SARS 'rogue unit' became entrenched in the public mind following a succession of sensational reports of illegal spook operations published by the Sunday Times. The unit, the reports claimed, had spied on President Jacob Zuma, run a brothel and entered into illegal tax settlements. In a plot of Machiavellian proportions, Johann van Loggerenberg, who headed the elite crime-busting unit, and nearly the entire top management were forced to quit SARS. Van Loggerenberg's select team of investigators, with an impeccable track record of busting high-level financial fraudsters and nailing tax criminals, lost their careers and their reputations. Now, in this extraordinary account, they finally get to put the record straight. There was no 'rogue unit'. The public had been deceived, seemingly by powers conspiring to captures SARS for their own ends. Shooting down the allegations he faced one by one, van Loggerenberg tells the story of what really happened inside SARS and shares details of some of the unit's real investigations.

Contents:

1. The exodus

2. The rise of SARS

3. SARS declares war on organised crime

4. Gathering clouds

5. The birth of the unit

6. Pearlies

7. Below zero

8. The case of the mysterious blue file

9. Of brothels and dossiers

10. To catch a crime boss: Krejcir

11. Project Honey Badger

12. Double game

13. The Tempest (Act I)

14. The Tempest (Act II)

15. The Sikhakhane Panel

16. Aftershocks

17. Scope creep

18. PG.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert E. Visk, W'28, Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781868427406

1868427404

OCLC:

960851982