Home Affairs official linked to syndicate for fake marriages in Durban

DURBAN - KwaZulu-Natal police have linked a Home Affairs official to a syndicate for fake marriages in Durban.
 
Three people were arrested on Monday after police discovered the secret premises in Greyville.
 
The bogus office has been used to illegally marry South African women to undocumented foreigners by stealing their identity documents.
 
Police have uncovered that fraud committed in the office included the application of spousal visas.
 
Police and immigration officers raided the premises in Greyville on Monday.

Three suspects were caught red-handed, while one of them was destroying evidence, as police pounced on the operation.
 
A number of ID copies and forms were found on site.
 
Police spokesperson, Robert Netshiunda, said that a Home Affairs official was also part of the syndicate.
 
"We are concerned that already there is a Home Affairs official who has been identified as having been working with the suspects as a link, registering all these things and making sure that they are processed quickly and all those things."
 
He said they were yet to arrest the official.