AfriForum, Nel for the State in 'Butterfly' case

AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel and advocate Gerrie Nel
AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel and advocate Gerrie Nel

South Africa's AfriForum and its lead advocate, Gerrie Nel, has been announced as the legal representative for the Botswana government in the former Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) 'Butterfly' money-laundering and fraud case.

The AfriForum's Private Prosecution Unit, lead by Adv. Nel, and Adv. Phyllis Vorster, has been mandated in the case to facilitate government's request for mutual legal assistance in the Bank of Botswana fraud and money-laundering matter. The appointment comes in the wake of Directorate Public Prosecutions (DPP) having reportedly submitting a request for mutual legal assistance on September 25, 2019 to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), but the request never got a response.

 

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