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The South African Police Service (SAPS) Special Task Force is specifically trained and proficient in counterterrorism (CT), counterinsurgency, and hostage rescue. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecutes terrorism and international crime cases. South Africa’s border security is challenging because of its numerous land, sea, and air ...
Aug 9, 2016 · South Africa clearly has many links to international terrorism, but the extent of domestic radicalisation and violent extremism in the country is less clear and must be carefully monitored. Government responses to reports of training camps and terrorist financing have provided little clarity. Further, some matters have been dealt with in secret ...
Terrorism in South Africa. Terrorism in South Africa has not been seen as a significant threat to the security of the state since the end of apartheid. In 1967 the government passed Terrorism Act No 83, defining terrorist activities as acts that "endanger the maintenance of law and order." In 2003, an Anti-Terrorism Bill (Bill 12 of 2003) was ...
- Risk of Greylisting
- A Longstanding Problem
- Terrorist Financing
- Addressing The Problem
The issue will also surface in February 2023 when South Africa is due for another review by the Financial Action Task Force. This body evaluates steps by governments to prevent the financing of terrorism and money laundering. In its last evaluation, published in October 2021, the task force said South Africa had a strong legal framework against mon...
In January 2007 Jonathan Schanzer, a security analyst, reported that two South African cousins – Farhad Ahmed Dockrat, the principal of the Darus Salaam Islamic College in Laudium, Pretoria, and Dr Junaid Ismail Dockrat, a dentist – were proposed for consideration on the UN Security Council’s list of terror suspects. They had already been placed on...
My book documents the case of Yassin al-Qadi, a US-designated terrorist financier, who invested US$3 million for a 12% stake in Global Diamond Resources, which mined diamonds in South Africa. He also controlled New Diamond Corporation, an offshore company that had mining interests in the country. Then there was the case of Abd al-Muhsin al-Libi, al...
In this context, the US blacklistingof companies and individuals comes as no surprise. What South Africa needs to do is to implement the Financial Action Task Force recommendations completely and ensure compliance. Given the high level of corruptionwithin the ruling party, this will be not be easy. But it needs to be done to deter terrorist financi...
- Hussein Solomon
May 12, 2021 · To ensure these security challenges can be met, it is important that policymakers understand the changing nature of international terrorism, how it manifests in South Africa, the current counter-terrorism capacity of the state, and what regional strategies must be strengthened or developed to address the transnational nature of terrorist networks today.
- Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
- 2021
Mar 14, 2022 · Red flagged: Terror-linked networks in South Africa a ticking time bomb. DM168 has established that there are deep concerns in law enforcement circles about how extensive terrorist-linked networks ...
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With evidence emerging of extremist networks operating in South Africa, grievances which may arise out of a military intervention in Mozambique have the potential of being exploited by ASWJ for domestic acts of terrorism or recruitment. Considering the nature of terror-related cases in South Africa to date, it is important to temper fears somewhat.
