How corruption fuels cash-in-transit robbery
Stopping these violent robberies means focusing on corrupt police and justice officials.
Despite recent high-profile arrests, cash-in-transit robbery remains a serious threat in South Africa. Among those arrested were members of the South African Police Service, metro police and private security companies. Corrupt officials are involved in these violent crimes, and research shows that the problem extends beyond the police. Convicted robbers claim to have been assisted by corrupt police, prosecutors, magistrates and even judges.
This seminar explores the challenge of corruption in the criminal justice system and efforts to tackle it.
Chair: Johan Burger, Research Consultant, Justice and Violence Prevention Programme, ISS
Speakers:
Lt Gen Godfrey Lebeya, National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks)
Kevin Twiname, Head, Service Delivery, South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC)
Dr Mahlogonolo Thobane, Senior Lecturer, Department of Criminology & Security Science, College of Law, UNISA
