crime

South Africa's financial sector faces an Anti-Money Laundering compliance crisis, with authorities cracking the whip on institutions that fail to meet their obligations to combat financial crime...

Theft of gate motors is on the rise in Greenside, Blairgowrie & Linden Areas.Charnel Hattingh, Group Head of Marketing & Communications at Fidelity ADT...

General crime operation in Pretoria North results in eleven arrestsA joint operation between Moot Saps and Fidelity ADT Pretoria North in collaboration with other...

Johannesburg, January 2024: The persistent myth is that cybercrime only targets the biggest companies and economies but cybercriminals are not bound by geography, and rapidly...

Avoid the criminal Grinches who try to steal ChristmasIt’s the festive season and for most that means time to relax and unwind with family...

Key considerations in carrying out an effective forensic due diligence.By Rethabile Thobejane, Compliance Assistant, CMS South AfricaThere is no doubt that commercial crime is...

Key findings:40% of the respondents from eight countries had been scammed onlineDistraction and multi-tasking made 43% of the victims fall for an online scamFinancial...

Op-Ed by Peter Olyott, CEO of Indwe Risk ServicesJohannesburg, November 2023 - The month of November brings with it a flurry of Black Friday...

Bertus Engelbrecht, Senior Manager: Information Security at BCX, talks about the cybersecurity threat landscape in 2023 and how the rise of artificial intelligence, automation...

With the growth of Cybercrime-as-a-Service (CaaS) operations and the advent of generative AI, threat actors have more "easy" buttons at their fingertips to assist...

Cybercriminals ramped up their nefarious activities during the first half of 2023. According to NETSCOUT's latest Threat Intelligence Report, threat actors launched approximately 7.9...

Over 3 000 kidnappings reported in SA in three monthsKidnappings continue at an alarming rate in South Africa and CEO of Fidelity Services Group,...

Energy drinks and sleepless nights – SA’s cyber security professionals risk burnoutHigh level staff shortages and a growing cyber-crime onslaught are putting South Africa’s...

Fidelity ADT Aids in Apprehension of Armed Robbery SuspectsIn a quick response, Fidelity ADT's community operations managers, played a crucial role in the apprehension...

Amendments to FICA impose due diligence requirements on accountable institutionsFollowing South Africa's financial greylisting by global financial crime watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force...