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Parly Discuss Cash Transit Heists

GCIS / SAnewsRef: https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/parly-discuss-cash-transit-heists

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The document is a SAnews.gov.za news item reporting that the Portfolio Committee on Police will hold a special hearing on cash-in-transit heists. The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday next week (after Friday, 18 May 2018) and will include major private security companies and related industry bodies to improve coordination and cooperation. It follows a recent Boksburg incident in which two cash-in-transit vans were blown up on Atlas Road, leading to seven arrests and eight injuries, and the committee calls for stronger crime intelligence and priority crime investigation measures and for harsher prosecution and sentencing.

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special hearing

Special hearing on the recent spate of cash-in-transit heists

The Portfolio Committee on Police is making a special hearing available next week Wednesday, with major private security companies and related industry bodies attending to improve coordination and cooperation against cash-in-transit crime.

Who it is for: Major private security companies and the named industry bodies attending the hearing
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The Portfolio Committee on Police will have a special hearing on the recent spate of cash-in-transit heists next week Wednesday.

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George Local Municipality, Western Cape

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https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/parly-discuss-cash-transit-heists

Key Takeaways

Portfolio Committee on Police special hearing on cash-in-transit heists
Hearing date: Wednesday next week (announced on Friday, 18 May 2018)
Attendees include major private security companies and industry bodies
Boksburg incident: Atlas Road; two cash-in-transit vans blown up
Seven suspects arrested linked to the heist at George Goch hostel
Eight people injured (including two bystanders)
Committee chair: Francois Beukman
Calls for increased coordination between private cash-in-transit companies and SAPS
Calls to strengthen Crime Intelligence and Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation units
Calls for lengthy sentences to set examples
Portfolio Committee on Police
Francois Beukman
SAPS (South African Police Service)
Crime Intelligence
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation
Business against Crime
South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric)
Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
Private Security Association
SAnews.gov.za
George Goch hostel
Atlas Road (Boksburg)