Police have arrested 108 people, 88 of whom are students, in what is described as a major breakthrough in their fight against financial crime.
The suspects are likely to face charges of human trafficking, money laundering, fraud, and tax evasion.
NamPol's top command revealed this at a media briefing in Windhoek this afternoon.
A suspect, Immanuel Nowaseb, who is facing charges of fraud and money laundering, attacked coastal journalists when he appeared in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court.
The suspect is believed to have stolen N$2.5 million from a prominent businessman using Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's name.
The 40-year-old Nowaseb is facing 15 counts of fraud and, alternatively, money laundering.
Making his first court appearance in the Walvis Bay Magistrate's Court, Nowaseb hit the journalists who filmed him with a book and told them to stop their actions.
