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Thousands of people died between 2011 and 2019 as a result of one senior police officer's criminal decision to sell a huge cache of guns. Colonel Christiaan Prinsloo, former head of the Gauteng firearm license division, and his network of cronies sold guns decommissioned by the SAPS to South Africa's gang lords. The sale of these weapons led to a killing spree of unprecedented proportions. Based on interviews with police and the criminal underworld, this book tells the story of this callous crime for the first time. Shaw explores how the illegally sold guns got into the hands of South Africa's crime bosses. The book describes the bloodbath that ensued and uncovers accounts of rampant corruption within the police and in the gun-licensing system, probing the government failure that has been instrumental in arming the country's gangsters.Product Identifiers
PublisherJonathan Ball Publishers SA
ISBN-139781776191406
eBay Product ID (ePID)19049058549
Product Key Features
Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication NameGive Us more Guns: How South Africa's Gangs Were Armed
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, Politics
Publication Year2021
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaCriminal Law
AuthorMark Shaw
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight223 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureSouth Africa
Title_AuthorMark Shaw