Many high-level meetings and working groups have taken place over the past year to advance Africa’s development agenda. As business and government aim to grow the GDP by at least 3%, the shocking fact remains; in Africa alone nearly $90-billion, or about 3.7% of the continent’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), is lost yearly to illicit financial flows. Unless porous borders across land-air-sea are secured against Transnational Organised Crime, economic pressures will keep rising and profits will deplete.
Supporting the resources on the ground who are fighting to secure physical and invisible borders should be the first priority. Funding and security upgrades are one thing and shared resources between private and public security another, but the fact remains that a multifaceted approach is required and all stakeholders will need to join hands.
Pinpoint Stewards, a South African business, have invited some of the key stakeholders and organisations facing this mammoth geographical task to address Transnational Organised Crime Prevention during a two day conference on 26 and 27 November at the Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg.
Rising to the challenge to address the exploitation relating to illicit trade are:
Day 1 – 26 November 2025
- Opening Address: Smart Borders – Focussing on Technology Innovation to Monitor and Reclaim Commissioner – Dr Masiapato, BMA
- Disrupting Illicit Financial Flows: A FIC-led and evidence approach – Pieter Alberts, Financial Intelligence Centre SA
- How organized criminal syndicates exploit the extractives industry and looking at possible solutions to TOC – Marcena Hunter, Global Initiative Against Transnational Oranized Crime
- Preventing Illicit Trafficking of Precious Group Metals and Other Minerals: Policy Recommendations and Global Cooperation – Dr. Mandla Zembe, Rio Tinto | Richards Bay Minerals
- Panel: Global threats and local responses. How to integrate crime intelligence across jurisdictions to promote urgency in response: Lt Gen (R) Seswantsho Godfrey Lebeya, Former National Head The Directorate For Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), Major General Ebrahim Ahmed Kadwa, Provincial Head: DPCI Gauteng, Directorate For Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) and Nash Lutchman, MD, 4D Security Risk Advisory (PTY) Ltd
Day 2 – 27 November 2025
- Corruption, the starting point in fuelling criminal syndicates. Understanding the nature of corruption and corruption-related crimes interlinked in SA and internationally. Looking at the road ahead for law enforcement entities – Adv Paul Pretorius, Senior Counsel, Co-Founder Anti-Corruption Coalition, Gibs Business School
- RSA law relating to Terra-Finance and Terrorism (POCDATARA) – Adv Gideon Mashamaite, National Prosecuting Authority
- Invisible Links: Gender, Violence, and the Financial Engines of Organized Crime – Lindy Muzila United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime (UNODC) & Linda Naidoo United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime (UNODC)
- Strategic approach that SA has to fight counterfeit goods – Amanda Lotheringen, Companies And Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
- Putting a stop to syndicate crimes by having consortiums work more effectively – Transnet Pipelines (TPL) collaboration with private security, SAPS and NPA – Richard Sewraj, Transnet Pipelines
- Moving towards a centralizing crime reporting structure into central database – SIMA – Cebbie Wolf, Transnet
Kindly email the organisers for more info at info@pinpointstewards.co.za or register online at https://pinpointstewards.co.za/
All-access tickets are available at R7800 per person, Book 3 get the 4th FREE! Discounted rate for Government and SOE’s. Online option available for groups of 6 or more.
Why Attend:
- South African challenges are unique and collaboration will enhance our defenses
- Peer-networking and intelligence sharing
- Providing long term strategies and implementation
This is where South Africa’s security forces, government enforcement entities and business defines its path forward against illicit trade.
