Investigación de la SIU expone corrupción multimillonaria en rands en Home Affairs

La Unidad Especial de Investigación ha publicado un informe provisional que revela corrupción generalizada en el Departamento de Asuntos Internos de Sudáfrica, donde funcionarios supuestamente vendieron visados y permisos por ganancia personal. La pesquisa identifica un sindicato con funcionarios mal pagados que acumularon más de 16 millones de rands, facilitando inmigración fraudulenta para figuras como Shepherd Bushiri y Timothy Omotoso. El ministro Leon Schreiber anunció planes para revocar más de 2.000 visados fraudulentos en medio de reformas en curso.

El 23 de febrero de 2026, la Unidad Especial de Investigación (SIU) publicó un informe provisional sobre corrupción en el Departamento de Asuntos Internos, autorizado por el presidente Cyril Ramaphosa en 2024 y previsto para concluir en septiembre. El jefe interino de la SIU, Leonard Lekgetho, detalló cómo cuatro funcionarios, que ganaban menos de 25.000 rands mensuales, recibieron 16.313.327 rands en depósitos directos, adquiriendo activos desproporcionados a sus ingresos. El informe describe un «sindicato nefasto» que convirtió el sistema de inmigración en un mercado, procesando solicitudes de visado vía WhatsApp y canalizando sobornos a través de cuentas de cónyuges, a menudo camuflados como pagos por «Permit» o «Visa Process». más de 2.000 visados fraudulentos en medio de reformas en curso. «La transformación digital es la prioridad máxima», dijo, con el objetivo de eliminar la manipulación en los procesos de visado.

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