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Security experts at a conference on transnational organised crime which was organised by Good Governance Africa have painted a very bad picture of how explosive-based crimes are costing the country billions on rands. Cash-in-transit heists, illegal mining and ATM bombings all use smuggled explosive to commit their deeds. The conference was told that the demand is so high that syndicates are smuggling explosives, detonators and skilled blasters into the country. To tell us more on this and why South Africa has become so lucrative to these criminals,
Guest: Willem Els - Veteran police bomb disposal expert currently working at the Institute for Security Studies
Guest: Brigadier Athlenda Mathe - National Police Spokesperson
Security experts at a conference on transnational organised crime which was organised by Good Governance Africa have painted a very bad picture of how explosive-based crimes are costing the country billions on rands. Cash-in-transit heists, illegal mining and ATM bombings all use smuggled explosive to commit their deeds. The conference was told that the demand is so high that syndicates are smuggling explosives, detonators and skilled blasters into the country. To tell us more on this and why South Africa has become so lucrative to these criminals,
Guest: Willem Els - Veteran police bomb disposal expert currently working at the Institute for Security Studies
Guest: Brigadier Athlenda Mathe - National Police Spokesperson