Corruption at African RIR as IPv4 Address space squeeze jacks up prices

orange writes: In a series of articles, a security researcher along with an investigative journalist have laid bare shenanigans involving millions of dollars scarce IPv4 address space. In the latest developments ( https://mybroadband.co.za/news... ), it seems a police case has been opened in Mauritius, the island headquartering https://www.afrinic.net/ — the IP address registry for the African region.

Previous coverage at https://mybroadband.co.za/news... with the Register giving a take at https://www.theregister.co.uk/...

Is this what we can expect in light of global IPv4 depletion?