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 façade, 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.
