DCEC cracks alleged Maun illegal land syndicate

Joseph Mathambo Director of DCEC. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Joseph Mathambo Director of DCEC. PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) has recently cracked an alleged criminal syndicate reportedly operated by five Maun Sub Land Board officers in the tourism town.

The five Maun Sub Land Board officers including a senior most officer were recently nabbed by the DCEC investigators on allegations of fraud and corruption. 

The alleged syndicate reportedly deals in illegal land allocation and production of fraudulent certificates of customary land grant, an insider at the Tawana Land Board, revealed this week.

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