{"id":257285,"date":"2025-06-29T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-extortion-and-protection-racketeering-are-surging-in-south-africa-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:00:17","slug":"why-extortion-and-protection-racketeering-are-surging-in-south-africa-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-extortion-and-protection-racketeering-are-surging-in-south-africa-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why extortion and &#8216;protection&#8217; racketeering are surging in South Africa | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/mneKJhoY790\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why extortion and 'protection' racketeering are surging in South Africa | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mneKJhoY790\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>According to the Global Organized Crime Index, South Africa is sixth-worst in the world when it comes to extortion and protection racketeering. South African businesses are battling an alarming increase and the construction industry is hard hit by organized gangs demanding large sums of money &#8211; sometimes as much as 30 percent of project costs, which they claim is &#8216;for protection.&#8217; But companies are being &#8216;protected&#8217; by the very same gangs who are extorting them. DW\u2019s Dianne Hawker has been following the story.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Extortion crimes soar in South Africa<br \/>\n04:03 DW speaks with Janine Erasmus, Website editor at Corruption Watch<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#SouthAfrica #Extortion #ProtectionRacketeering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Global Organized Crime Index, South Africa is sixth-worst in the world when it comes to extortion and protection racketeering. 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