Infographic: Number of Arrests made so far under Operation Fiela

On Wednesday, 19 August 2015, SAPS briefed the Portfolio Committee on Police on progress made with Operation Fiela to date. The programme has come under fire recently with media saying that Operation Fiela, which is supposed to combat crime, seems to be targeted at foreign nationals. SAPS’ presentation showed that 67% of the arrests made between April and June 2015, nationally, were foreign nationals. For more stats, see the infographic below:

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