WATCH: Corrupt ‘ghost trains’ syndicate involving Transnet staff and accomplices nets R50m in kickbacks

Business Day TV speaks to Business Times reporter Dineo Faku

 Picture: WALDO SWIEGERS/BLOOMBERG
Picture: WALDO SWIEGERS/BLOOMBERG

A criminal syndicate operating a sophisticated ‘ghost train’ scheme has been uncovered within Transnet’s rail system.

Last year, two of four dispatched freight trains mysteriously vanished, diverting millions in illicit kickbacks amid a shortage of locomotives and soaring coal prices.

Business Day TV speaks to Business Times reporter Dineo Faku who provided more information about the rail heist.

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