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WESTERN CAPE CRIME DISTRIBUTION
Social Fabric
Firearms
Drugs
Gangs
Liquor
Drugs
Gangs
Liquor
Firearms
Social Fabric
CRIME AND THREAT DYNAMIC INTEGRATION
MODEL
Social
Fabric
Crimes
Substance
as
generators
of crime
Instrument
used in
crimes
Crimes of
Greed
Crime
Groups
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Criminal definition : POCA 1998
› “…includes any formal or informal ongoing
organization or group of three or more persons
which has one of its activities the commission of
one or more criminal offences…”
Informal definitions:
 Multiple yet inappropriate for Criminal
Investigation and Prosecution
 Common Law also more appropriate
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UNDERSTANDING GANGS &
THE POLICING APPROACH
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TOWNSHIP BASED GANGS
› SHORT LIFE SPANS
› SMALL GROUPS
› MOBILE
CAPE FLATS BASED
GANGS
› IDENTIFIED NAMES
› TERRITORY BASED
› EMBEDDED IN
COMMUNITIES
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PRISON GANGS
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FOREIGN GANGS
› Chinese Gangs
› West /East African Groups
 Nigerian
 Congolese
 Tanzanian
› East European Gangs
Nigerian
Chinese
Pakistani
GANGS
Columbians
East Europe
Rastafarians
Americans
Sexy Boys
HLK
JFK
DRUGS
Drugs
• Murder
• Att. Murder
• Abalone Poaching
Gangs
• Dealing
• Possession
• Business
Robberies
• Hijacking
• House Robberies
Trio Crimes
Protective Barrier for Drug Barons
Distribution network for Drugs
Enforcement link for Drug Barons
The underworld
YOUTH
GANGS
DRUGS
Legal
Business
Practices
Manipulation
by
prominent
gang leaders
Territorial
domination
GANG
VIOLENCE
Intimidation of witnesses
& opposing gang
members
Retaliation
attacks
BISHOP LAVIS
FANCY BOYS
AMERICANS
KUILSRIVER
JUNKY FUNKY
KIDS
MITCHELLS
PLAIN
MONGRELS
WYNBERG
28’s
NYANGA
JUNIOR CISKO
YAKKIES
26’s
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To dislodge and terminally
weaken the capacity of the gangs
to operate in the selected
communities.
 To disorganize and fundamentally
disable the criminal economy
linked to the gangs.
 To construct prosecution ready
criminal case dockets against
gangs/members implicated in
specific criminal acts/incidents.
 To construct a series of POCA
ACT cases gangs identified
fifteen (15) gangs .
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To disable the prison gang
influence on the communities
beyond prison.
 To eliminate the propensity of
criminal gangs to corrupt police
officials.
 To mobilize and organize
communities against gangs and
their criminal activities.
 To ensure that visible policing is
deployed in a manner that
presents gangs from
operating/flourishing and ensures
seizures of illegal drugs and
illegal and or unauthorized
firearms.
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 PRO-ACTIVE
RE-ACTIVE
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VISIBLE POLCING
• Deployment
• Hotspots
• Foot Patrols
•Vehicle Patrols
• Arrests
INTELL
GATHERING
OPERATIONS
• Generate
Information
• Understanding
crime
• Linkages
INVESTIGATIONS
• Sec 252A
• Asset Forfeiture
• Confiscation
• Drug Outlets
• Drug Factories
Social Crime Prevention
 Community awareness programmes
 Involvement of neighbourhood watches
 Mobilisation of community
 Providing alternate social development programmes to
youth
 Conducting regular searches at schools
 Engagement with other departments such as Social
development; Education; Sport, Arts and Culture;
Health,
 City of Cape Town – Law Enforcement and Metro Police
 SARS, FIC
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Law enforcement
Awareness raising programmes.
• Community neighbourhood
watch programs.
• Recreational facilities to occupy
the youth.
• Victim support centers.
Situational Prevention
City centre CCTV systems.
• Improving street lighting in
townships and in the CBD.
• Supporting street layout that
encourages use by pedestrians.
• Designing streets, buildings,
parks, etc., to reduce
opportunities for street crimes
like mugging and violent crimes
High jacking or rape
Police roles and activities
Targeted visible police patrols.
• Supplemented by patrols by
security guards or police
reservists.
• By-law enforcement.
• Training of response units for
CCTV systems.
Metro Police and Traffic
Departments
Social Prevention
Stakeholder Analysis
Community Police Forums
Non-Governmental Organisations
Community Based Organisations
Business Sector
Intergovernmental
Partnership in order to
mobilize for more active
participation
 Chapter 3 of the
Constitution: Corporative
Government
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Assessment
› Plans not aligned
› Lack of central
monitoring
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POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR INTER GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIP
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Department of Arts and Culture
Department of Correctional
Services
Department of Education
Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC)
Department of Foreign Affairs
Department of Health and the
Medicines Control Council
Department of Home Affairs
Department of Justice and
Constitutional Development
Department of Labour
National Youth Commission
Secretariat for Safety and Security
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Department of Social Development
South African Police Service (SAPS)
South African Revenue Service
(SARS)
Department of Transport (DoT)
Research councils and universities
Representatives of civil society
Non-governmental and faith-based
organisations
Business Against Crime
Community-based organisations
Treatment centres (inpatient and
outpatient)
Accredited addiction counsellors
Secretariat for Safety and Security
National Youth Commission
Financial Intelligence Centre
Representatives of the provincial
substance abuse forums
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Risk Register
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Anti-Corruption Strategy: Provincial
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Focussed Investigation
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Compliance Inspection & Evaluation
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