Navigating Ethical Issues in Financial Crime Forensics

In today’s technologically driven world, forensic technology plays a crucial role in combating financial crime. These advanced tools enable the detection, investigation, and prevention of various financial offenses, from fraud and embezzlement to money laundering and insider trading

The Power of Seamless Integration

The seamless functioning of an organization hinges on the alignment of its policies and procedures and the consistent and unbiased application of its rules. For CEOs, CFOs, and heads of compliance, this is not just a regulatory requirement but a strategic imperative.

A Call To Action To The New GNU- Get Us Off The Greylist

Being greylisted is killing our country, this is why!
The bottom line is that staying on the grey list hampers economic growth and deters foreign investment, making it imperative for both the government and businesses to intensify compliance efforts.

Our Business Depends On You To Survive and Thrive: A Letter to Employees

Dear Team,
In our volatile economy, doing the right thing matters more than ever. Our success doesn’t just depend on what we do; it’s about how we do it. That’s why ethical behaviour and following company rules isn’t a just a nice thing to do, it is a MUST—it’s a way to keep our jobs safe and our company strong. Each of us plays a crucial role, so we need to do the right thing, every day.

Compliance Culture: Your Shield Against Economic Crime

In the bustling arena of South African business, the fight against economic crime is a relentless battle that requires more than just legal adherence; it demands the cultivation of a robust culture of compliance. This culture, rooted in integrity and ethical conduct, serves as a shield against the threats that businesses face. 
 

The Many Faces of White-Collar Crime

South Africa’s history abounds with fraudulent and exploitative practices by those in positions of power abound. In the 1870s as diamond mining gained momentum in Kimberley, the so-called ‘diamond fields’ fraud’ saw ‘dodgy’ characters "salting" diamond mines, which involved planting diamonds in low-yield mines to deceive potential investors and buyers. Here are a few familiar faces of white-collar crime in South Africa.

When Tragedy Becomes Triumph

In the middle of June, after a massive search and rescue operation involving over 200 military and Indigenous rescuers with search dogs, four children, aged 13, nine, four and just 11 months, were found alive in the dense Amazon jungle in Colombia. They had survived on their own for 5 weeks after the plane in which they were travelling crashed.
 

The Collapse of South Africa – The Zondo Chronicles

Don’t hold your breath for prosecutions emanating from the Zondo Commission, and certainly not from that little matter of millions of dollars under Cyril’s mattress, in contravention of forex rules. You’ll just turn blue and pass out.
South Africa is, frankly, a failed state just 28 years after the dawn of democracy. 

Cyril and his Mattress Millions

It’s unclear just how much respect President Cyril Ramaphosa lost recently when it was revealed that millions in foreign currency were stolen from his Limpopo farm, Phala Phala. The president has been rather quiet about the whole thing, saying only that he traded animals and that’s why the cash wasn’t turned into Rands, as is meant to be the case.
 

The Cracks Turn Into Crevasses. Counting the Real Cost of the Crazy Cost of Living

Covid-19, loadshedding, and now, crippling electricity price hikes and record-high fuel prices.
The cost of living, especially when it comes to critical essentials such as food and transport, is rising far faster than any of us can hope to keep up with.
Even those sectors of the population that have previously weathered the situation reasonably well are struggling.