The suspects had established a company in Swaziland, with the objective of importing second-hand clothing from overseas and brining it to Swaziland via South Africa. IN reality, however, they were bringing the goods into South Africa and not sending them on to Swaziland. It is illegal to import second-hand clothing into South Africa without being in possession of an import permit, and at the time that the paid were importing the goods, there was a moratorium placed on the issuing of these permits. In order to get around this, they obtained a permit from Swaziland, which also meant no Customs duty and no payment of VAT.

O F & A was called in to investigate the suspects when the authorities suspicions were aroused after a tip-off from the bank. The bank had noticed suspicious transactions where cheques for large amounts of cash were being deposited into the private bank account of one of the suspects. Each man also owned a large amount of property including luxury vehicles, which was not in line with the type of income expected from their business. When confronted, the suspects admitted to buying stock fro the business from Swaziland without an import permit. As a result of OF&A's investigation, the suspects' bank accounts were frozen and their property and stock confiscated.

Ockie Fourie comments, "A court order was granted in terms of the new Proceeds of Crime Act, which enables us to confiscate suspects' illegally acquired property. This Act will open the door to granting many more such orders, which will help towards turning the tables on these criminals and taking their possessions away from them."