PRETORIA – A convicted fraudster wanted by the Portuguese Government was arrested in Umhlanga Rocks, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal this morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Mr Joao Manuel de Oliveira Rendeiro is a Portuguese national who absconded from Portugal after being convicted on a multi-million dollar fraud case and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment before he escaped. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
On 24th November 2021, The Head of the Judicial Police of Portugal, Luis Neves brought this matter to the attention of National Commissioner of the SAPS, General Khehla John Sitole during a bilateral meeting at the 89th Interpol General Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
General Sitole committed to tracking and tracing the fugitive after it emerged that he may be hiding in South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Members from the Interpol NCB in Pretoria, acting on an Interpol Red Notice, traced the fugitive to a location in Umhlanga Rocks where he was arrested at 7am this morning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The fugitive will appear for the first time in the Durban Magistrates Court on Monday, 13 December 2021 as part of his extradition process.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Portuguese authority welcomed the news of de Oliveira Rendeiro’s arrest and sent words of gratitude and praise to the National Commissioner and the SAPS team for speedily arresting him.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: South African Police Service<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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