When police special forces teams, backed by Interpol agents, smashed into a luxury house in the affluent Johannesburg suburb of Bryanston at 4 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2022, they soon realized their intelligence was wrong.
The intel had understated what they would find behind the mansion’s facade, framed by manicured lawns, rosebushes, and fountains—all perfect for creating a front of suburban respectability and tranquility in an area that’s home to captains of industry and CEOs of some of South Africa’s top companies.
Unbeknown to the wealthy neighbors and their phalanxes of servants, the man next door for the past seven years had been one of Israel’s and Interpol’s “most wanted.” He allegedly used Africa’s most developed economy to continue his nefarious operations….