16 Jul 2008: ISS Seminar, Cape Town: What Does the Future Hold for the Investigation and Prosecution of Organised Crime in South Africa?

ISS Seminar: What Does the Future Hold for the Investigation and Prosecution of Organised Crime in South Africa?
Cape Town, 16 July 2008

 

Over the past few years South Africans have watched and participated in a political battle around the Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions). There has been no shortage of media coverage, and no shortage of commentators on both sides of the debate. The public discourse has focused on the political reasons behind the units’ imminent closure and on what is needed to protect our democracy against high-level corruption. Detractors of the Scorpions have argued that the unit has been compromised by becoming embroiled in political matters and should, at least have been subject to the same oversight as other bodies that engage in intelligence gathering. Supporters of the unit have pointed to its successes, as evidence that the methods employed by the Scorpions, particularly the teaming of investigators and prosecutors, is the best way to deal with organized crime. These arguments are presented in the latest edition of South African Crime Quarterly.

 

It is now time to move our focus from the past to the future. This seminar will consider the future of investigations and prosecutions of organized crime and corruption under the SAPS. 

 

Join us for lively discussion and debate about these issues.

 

Speakers:

  • Advocate Anton Steynberg, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions of the DSO in KwaZulu / Natal: Examining Appropriate Structural Models and Best Practices for an Organised Crime Fighting Agency

  • Charles Goredema, Organised Crime and Money Laundering Programme, Institute for Security Studies: The Implications of the Demise of the Scorpions on Money Laundering Investigations in South and Southern Africa

 

The seminar will also launch the latest edition of the South African Crime Quarterly – a special focus edition on the DSO and the implications of its closure.

 

Date: 16 July 2008
Time: 11h30  - 13h00 (a finger lunch will be served)
Venue: Centre for the Book, 5 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town

 

RSVP: Busi Nyume, [email protected]. Tel: 012 346 9500

 

This seminar is made possible by funding from the Hanns Seidel Foundation

 

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