Transito : the truth behind the big-money robberies / Hennie Lochner with Peet van Staden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lochner, Hendrik Thomas, author.

Van Staden, Peet, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robbery--South Africa.

Robbery.

Crime--South Africa.

Crime.

Violent crimes--South Africa.

Violent crimes.

Money--Transportation--South Africa.

Money.

Criminology.

Physical Description:

xv, 152 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Pretoria, South Africa] : Unisa Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The revelations in this book are critical for the cash-in-transit (CIT) companies, financial services industries and criminal justice system alike. Propelled by excessive greed. CIT robberies are executed ruthlessly with no respect for human life. The book epitomises and demonstrates how 'the love of money could be root cause of evil'. The book will assist the stakeholders within the criminal justice system to circumvent the stratagems of these robbers and mete out punishment proportional to the crime. With one of the authors having used convicts of CIT crimes as participants for a PhD study, he solicited data from the lived experiences of CIT robbers that reveal their modus operandi, which is crucial to combat these robberies. The authors reveal how CIT robbers meticulously plan and execute their attacks collaborating with the sophisticated network of accomplices. These include the police informers, insiders who work for the CIT companies, professional car thieves, cell phone technicians, suppliers of illegal firearms like the AK 47 and sangomas among others. The book reveals the patience of the robbers in doing surveillance, intelligence work and knowing how much money is being transported as they do not just strike for little cash. The authors report that CIT robbers are afraid of sophisticated technology like the DNA for evidence in court, helicopters which can easily locate where they are as well as the high level of training of the CIT security officers. Therefore, the book is a timely publication that provides information to combat CIT crimes."--Publisher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781776150632

1776150635

OCLC:

1206235377

Publisher Number:

99990718720