Tom Moyane’s controversial remodelling of the South African Revenue Service is said to have fragmented various investigative units dealing with high-profile cases of tax evasion‚ money laundering and illicit trading.

As a result‚ cases involving poachers‚ drug lords and gang bosses were left up in the air while senior investigators and managers were shuffled off to paper-pushing positions.

This according to a group of employees who provided a scathing report on the effects of the now-suspended commissioner’s new operating model to Judge Robert Nugent and his commission of inquiry into tax administration and governance issues at Sars.

Moyane’s restructuring is said to have put a stop to end-to-end investigations of complex cases‚ decentralising specialised units.

This also had an effect on customs and excise units within the organisation.

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