I hope you all will take the time to read and think about the following news story. https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/330379-how-internet-resources-worth-... I will have more to say about this in due course. For the moment, I only wish to say that the investigation undertaken by myself and Jan Vermeulen is ongoing, and that many others are provably involved. Of course, this being a RIPE mailing list, many of you will feel that this situation in the AFRINIC region has nothing at all to do with the RIPE region. On that score, alas, you would be wrong. That sad fact is most succintly illustruated by the data at the following link: https://bgp.he.net/net/196.16.0.0/14 Please note that whereas the registrant organization for AS202425 is, on paper, registered in the Seychelles Islands, much evidence suggests that it is actually owned and operated by one or two gentlemen who are themselves quite clearly located in the Netherlands. Regards, rfg