This is damaging police efforts to bring criminals to justice, experts said.

Ms Wagner said New Zealand was an attractive market for criminals overseas.

Outside criminals are also believed to have taken advantage of the situation.

In some cases, criminals simply mail prepaid cards with impunity, Tyrell said.

The government says only genuine criminals are imprisoned and on solid information.

The DA's questions included: Was the vault key left for the criminals?

There is a serious problem of criminals targeting women in the area.

They should help overthrow the regime that turned good men into criminals.

We see evidence of organised criminals buying property outside London as well.

They need to come back from the criminals as well, he said.

The scam involves criminals debiting R99 from citizens' bank accounts without authorisation.

Phishing attacks have become an increasingly common tool used by cyber criminals.

That way, the criminals can get access to sensitive information about you.

Furthermore, is the commitment to rid the police of convicted criminals serious?

She said the number of criminals reoffending had dropped by 25 percent.

Granted, it's not easy dealing with hardened criminals on a daily basis.