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Cape Town Crushes Mobile Black Market: Inside the Week That Dented a R400-million Shadow Trade

by Liam Fortuin
December 9, 2025

Cape Town is fighting a huge mobile black market with smart tactics and quick action. They caught guys selling stolen phones out of a car and even found a secret hiding spot for phones going to other countries. This shows how serious they are about stopping the illegal trade, and they’re using cool tech and community help to do it, making the city safer one phone at a time.

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