South Africa: Police can’t pay network provider Vodacom for spying services, hampering crime-fighting efforts.
Efforts by the SA Police Service to fight crime were hampered after cellphone network provider Vodacom cut services, such as assisting in locating, intercepting calls and eavesdropping on calls and messages for all the network’s subscribers.
Crime intelligence requires cellphone network providers to spy on criminal suspects so that evidence can be obtained through a call interception process. more