Modack trial: Money laundering charges against co-accused set to go under spotlight
The defence will on Tuesday question Hawks officer Edward du Plessis about Zane Kilian's alleged involvement in laundering money via a company allegedly used by Nafiz Modack to pay some of the accused to commit crimes.
Alleged gang boss, Nafiz Modack (top left), and his co-accused appeared in the Western Cape High Court on 31 July 2024. Picture: Carlo Petersen/EWN
CAPE TOWN - The cross-examination of a Hawks officer in the trial against alleged underworld crime boss, Nafiz Modack, will continue on Tuesday, with the money laundering charges against a co-accused under the spotlight.
Modack and his co-accused face 122 charges related to a slew of crimes, including murder, extortion, money laundering, and racketeering.
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Many of the charges centre around the murder of top cop, Charl Kinnear, who was shot dead outside his Bishop Lavis home in September 2020.
Modack's accused number two, Zane Kilian, has already denied the charges against him, some of which include tracking Kinnear on behalf of Modack right up until the night before his murder.
Kilian's attorney, Pieter Nel, told the court his client believed he was doing legitimate work for Modack, who he thought was a debt collector with a security business.
Nel will on Tuesday question Hawks officer, Edward du Plessis, about Kilian's alleged involvement in laundering money via a company allegedly used by Modack to pay some of the accused to commit crimes.
It is the State's case that more than R6 million was extorted from luxury car dealership, The Toy Shop, and then laundered through Empire Investment Cars on behalf of Modack.
Du Plessis' evidence shows Kilian made a payment to one of the co-accused on trial using the company's bank account.