Entries by Corruption Watch

Traffic cop corruption tarnishes all policing in South Africa

Anti-corruption measures targeting traffic police, not just SAPS, are vital to improve safety in SA’s major cities, writes David Bruce for the Institute for Security Studies. This is where police minister Senzo Mchunu’s current focus on prioritising greater co-operation in terms of safety in metro areas, bringing the police service into the situation through co-operation agreements, may bear fruit.

How to fight the wave of plant trafficking in SA

In part two of our mini-series focusing mainly on plant trafficking, we discuss the methods used by traffickers, and the international response to this growing crime. In part one, we examined the seriousness of the problem, which affects South Africa and other countries, and the role that social media plays in enabling it.

SA has just two action items to resolve for grey list exit, says FATF

The Financial Action Task Force has deemed South Africa to have addressed or largely addressed 20 of the 22 action items in its plan for exiting the organisation’s grey list, said the National Treasury in a statement released on Friday 21 February. This means that there are just two items to be addressed in the next reporting period that runs from March 2025 to June 2025. “This would enable South Africa to be considered for delisting from the grey list in October 2025.”  

SA hopeful of exiting FATF grey list in 2025, two years after list debut

The Financial Action Task Force, the global anti-money laundering watchdog, is currently holding its annual February plenary in Paris and is expected to make a positive statement on South Africa’s grey list status. Accordingly, the country’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission appeared before the parliamentary committee for Trade, Industry and Competition on 19 February to brief members on progress towards getting off the grey list, as far as its own contribution is concerned.

Pause in FCPA enforcement is dangerous, says TI

Transparency International’s secretariat and US chapter have both issued strong statements criticising President Donald Trump’s suspension of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, saying that it will empower and embolden criminals. The two organisations refute Trump’s claim that foreign bribery is a ‘routine’ business practice.