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South Africa is under siege by syndicates performing cash-in-transit heists. The latest report on the dire situation was laid bare by a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) video on YouTube.
The criminals who target crash-in-transit vehicles are well organised and meticulous in their planning. In October 2023, 18 suspected cash-in-transit robbers were killed following a 90-minute shootout, Al Jazeera reported.
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In the video report about the heists, journalist Daniel De Simone interviews the men who are employed to protect cash. Lenience, an employee of a company that transports cash, said: “As a human being I’m scared. I’m going out. But I might not come back.”
“But it’s like for everyone in CIT,” he said.
The British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) report says: “The tale of security men fighting violent crime, from murders, to car hijackings to cash-in-transit van robberies in South Africa. Violent crime is soaring in South Africa, with murder rates at a 20-year high. One very dangerous job in the country is that of security guard of vans carrying money.”
Grant Clark, head of Cash-in-transit South Africa (CITSA) told IOL News, “At 32% of heists just this year alone, Gauteng is the province with the highest incidents of CIT robbery for 2023 year-to-date, followed by the Eastern Cape, with 23%, KwaZulu-Natal, with 16%, Limpopo at 11% and Mpumalanga, with 9%.”
“Nationally, 59% of the CIT robberies in 2023 year-to-date are directed at the armoured vehicles, and 31% are cross pavement attacks,” Clark said.
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