NPA takes Modack to task for the 25 counts of corruption he faces

CAPE TOWN - The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has taken alleged underworld kingpin, Nafiz Modack, to task for the 25 counts of corruption he faces.

Modack and 14 others face 122 charges for various crimes, including murder, extortion, fraud, and money laundering.

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He is being cross-examined this week at the Western Cape High Court to account for his evidence-in-chief.

State prosecutor Greg Wolmarans, on Wednesday set out to show that Modack was guilty of trying to bribe former top cop, Major-General Jeremy Vearey.

It's the State's case that Modack tried to bribe Vearey to return six firearms confiscated from his home in 2017.

Modack claimed he paid more than R1 million to Vearey via a middleman, Mohamed Hanware, to have his guns returned and to prove that Vearey was corrupt.

Wolmarans questioned Modack about payments from Empire Investment Cars of more than R500,000 to Hanware's wife, Caitlyn Bowan, which he believed was going to Vearey.

"Are you in agreement that all these payments were made from Empire's account to Caitlyn Bowan's multiple accounts – four of them – at your direction?"

"That's right, my lord," Modack replied.

The trial continues on Thursday.