The commissioner of the SA Revenue Service (Sars), Edward Kieswetter, says it will take years to come to grips with the illicit economy that exploded during the lockdown due to the bans on sales of tobacco and alcohol.

“These criminals have just become more emboldened and more deeply embedded in society, and that is going to take years for us to deal with.”..

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