Criminal syndicates in South Africa spent ill-gotten gains from looting a state-run hospital on trophy assets, including properties in exclusive locales, Lamborghinis, a Bentley and a luxury boat, a probe showed.
At least three major syndicates and several smaller groups co-ordinated with provincial government officials and health-care workers to loot more than 2 billion rand ($116 million) from Tembisa Hospital, north of Johannesburg, according to an interim report by the Special Investigating Unit.