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News snippets from around the world Human trafficking: biggest arrests in South Africa
owing largely to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown regulations in effect over the period. South Africa’s official crime stats are based on incidents and crimes reported to police stations, as well as crimes discovered through police action. The data can only tell us about the crimes that go through official processes and does not necessarily give a reflection of the true crime levels in the country. (Source: www.businesstech.co.za)
unit” at the SA Revenue Service (Sars) was reviewed and set aside by the North Gauteng High Court. Mkhwebane had in July last year released the report, which investigated the alleged violation of the Executive Ethics Code by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan as well as allegations of maladministration at Sars under his tenure as commissioner at the tax collector. (Source: www.iol.co.za)
South Africa is classified as a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking, with more than 53% of the population vulnerable to the $150 billion (about R2.3 trillion) industry. This, according to anti-human trafficking non-profit organisation, A21, and the US Trafficking in Persons Reports, not only signifies that victims are trafficked out of the country, but also that foreign victims are brought into South Africa and some moved through the country. South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (Hawks) have made several arrests in the fight against human trafficking with some particularly notable ones… (Source: www.iol.co.za)
A trillion dollars lost to cybercrime every year
South African Police Service launches new city crime fighting initiative
Crime in South Africa – what the official stats don’t tell you
Statistics South Africa has published its latest Victims of Crime (VoC) survey, showing how thousands of crimes go unreported in the country. The survey gives supplementary perspective to the latest official crime statistics published by the South African Police Service (SAPS) in November, which showed a decrease in criminal activity over the last quarter –
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Data collated by McAfee and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies highlights the growing impact of cybercrime. The world economy is now losing more than $1tn (approximately £740bn) to cybercrime every year, an increase of more than 50% on figures reported in 2018, and with two-thirds of organisations reporting some kind of cyber security incident in 2019, the average cost to an individual company has now topped $500,000. (Source: www.computerweekly.com)
Dismissal of ‘irrational’ Sars ‘rogue unit’ claims yet another legal blow for Mkhwebane Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has suffered yet another legal setback after her report into the existence of a “rogue
SECURITY FOCUS AFRICA NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2020
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has launched a new crime fighting initiative to strengthen its efforts in the fight against crime in cities. The Integrated Safer Cities Concept is a first of its kind to be implemented in any city in South Africa. The National Safer City Concept is also being piloted in other identified cities which aims to see law enforcement agencies integrating and maximising on technology to fight crime more effectively. This platform sees the introduction of the first-of-its kind fusion centre. Its purpose is to maintain and establish a platform for information sharing through a collaborative approach among stakeholders through empirical information. (Source: www.businesstech.co.za)
Crime is killing USA’s cities — if we just move away, it will follow us American cities are on the brink. Violent crime is spiking up astronomically, and every day brings grim new statistics. Last week, New York City reported a 95 per cent year-on-year increase in shootings for the first 11 months of the year. Last month, Washington, DC, hit 167
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