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Hijackings in Gauteng
As if our economy isn’t under enough pressure; now comes the news that motor vehicle and truck hijackings are on the increase, resulting in huge losses for transporters & insurance companies.
Up to 20 motor vehicles are hijacked everyday in Gauteng (6989 reported cases in 2015) and 905 reported cases for truck hijacking with hotspots: 15.8% of total hijacked in Heidelberg and Alberton last year.
There is a number of preventative measures that fleet operators can take to reduce their risk.
Driver management, we estimate that 1 out of every 3 truck hijacks include some form of driver collusion. A more serious concern is that most companies simply do not manage or train drivers properly despite the fact that driver management should start even before the driver is hired.
It is imperative that a drivers work and personal history be properly checked prior to him being hired. In addition to licence checks, accident history and checks for criminal records (30% of the drivers we check hold some form of criminal record), employers need speak to as many of the drivers previous employees as possible to ascertain why the driver left whether he had ever been hijacked or whether or not he had financial or other problems such as drinking or taking drugs.
Potential employees should further submit to a pre-employment polygraph screening prior to being hired. It is not uncommon for professional hijacking syndicates to ‘plant’ drivers in various companies in order to perpetrate crime.
A driver that has been hijacked should be properly debriefed. We can quickly determine whether there is ANY involvement from a driver and then follow up with a polygraph test if necessary.
Criminal Background Checks
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False South African Identity Documents
Identity document forgery is the process by which ID documents issued by governing bodies are copied and/or modified by persons not authorized to create such documents or engage in such modifications, for the purpose of deceiving those who would view the documents about the identity or status of the bearer. The term also encompasses the activity of acquiring identity documents from governing bodies by falsifying the required supporting documentation in order to create the desired identity.
Such falsified documents can be used for identity theft, age deception, illegal immigration and organized crime.
Detection of a “genuine fake” document is a difficult process; as such a fake is a legitimate document, it will pass any tests for forgery. To detect such fakes, it is necessary to perform a background check to confirm the legitimacy of the document’s information. Identity documents can further be examined under an ultraviolet and white light table to check for any changes made to the document.
The green bar coded South African ID has virtually no built in security features. It will take an amateur with only a couple of basic tools only a few minutes to change the document. We are uncovering numerous fake documents on a daily basis – with the impact ranging from obtaining grants that are supposed to be paid to the poor, to a false identity with which a crime is committed or illegal aliens operating as South African citizens.
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False South African Drivers Licenses
Many professions require the employee to have a valid driver’s licence. This is necessary for insurance purposes and also to ensure that some protection and good care is given to company vehicles which those individuals may be entrusted with driving.
Failure to have a valid drivers licence is the single most quoted reason for insurance companies rejecting accident claims. South Africa has one of the highest drivers licence fraud rates in the world, with estimates of the numbers of invalid drivers licenses of over 20 percent. Out of a group of 20 people, 4 will have a false drivers license.
In fact, you can ever order a false drivers license over the internet and have it delivered to your door. See example below:
Under these circumstances, it is nothing short of recklessness not to ensure that all Drivers Licences and Professional Driving Permits in your company are validated as genuine.
Criminal Records
A considerable number of employees have previous criminal convictions.
These days the only way to check criminal records is trough the use of an AFIS system, where electronic fingerprints are taken and submitted for verification. Companies need to buy special equipment, pay licence fees, and have a Certified Biometrics officer (which has to undergo special training) at hand to take these fingerprints. A lot of smaller companies just can’t afford all these requirements.
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