A Commercial View on Border Control. 2 Tsohle-Unicode.. Founded 1992 First PPP under new...

A Commercial View onBorder Control

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Tsohle-Unicode..

• Founded 1992• First PPP under new dispensation• Contracts since 1995• Preferred private sector service provider –

Bulk Vehicle Data Services* (BAC)• SAPS contracted information sharing

system • First remote electronic vehicle

identification system

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Tsohle-Unicode.

• First comprehensive Distributed Border

Gate Management & Verification System

with SAPS 1993-2007

• Vehicle related information services from

1993– Private sector

– Local, provincial & national law enforcement

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Tsohle-Unicode..

• Emmanuel Diakakis– Involved in industry since 1989– Company founder– Spec’d IT & Border Gate Systems– NIDS involvement– Founder member of BMG– Member NVCF & CBRF– IAATI director

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Tsohle-Unicode.

• Emmanuel Diakakis

– Multi departmental government & BAC

involvement.

– Pivotal role - new SARS Customs

Modernisation System successful bid

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Global Challenges

Challenge Description

Increasing Trade Volume

Increasing Threats

Compliance

Transformation

Legislation

Customer Service

Inter Departmental

Proliferation of Trade AgreementsPort congestionCustoms workload

SmugglingTerrorismHealth & Safety – Unsafe goodsTransnational crime

Lack of transparencyUnder-invoicingPoor trader understanding

Train & career developmentProductivityIncentives & motivation

Multilateral: WTO, WCORegional and bilateral

Trade facilitationTransaction costsCustoms processing timePort competitiveness

Connectivity & cooperationNeeds & requirementsBuy in

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Global Challenges

Enforcement & maximization of revenue compliance & WCO

National security, frontier integrity

Cross border movement of people, goods & vehicles

USA Homeland Security requirements

Geo-political, socio / economic and global developments

Future challenges

Increasing pressures on

Border Control

HR, Technology, Traffic Volume, inter departmental Integration

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RSA Scenario

Economy

Crime

Political

Systems

• Biggest economy on continent

• Biggest transit hub

• Weak neighboring economies

• Multi billion R illicit emigration markets

• High unemployment

• Loss of revenue at POE

• Porous Ports of Entry

• Substantial trans border crime

• Organised crime & syndicates

• Corruption

• National security

• Lack of integrated intelligence (9/11)

• Illegal exportation of assets

• Some acts & legislation “delay”

• Block progress in some areas

• Absence of national strategy

• Lack political will & enforcement

• Difficult & costly repatriation of stolen assets from neighboring countries

• Need greater PPPs with government departments at POE

• Lack of transformation within departments involved and at POE

• Lack of interdepartmental business process integration at POE

• Lack of interdepartmental systems integration at POE

• Automated infrastructure requirements

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RSA Scenario

This is a vehicle centred detail and

perspective BUT a Vehicle is a Pivotal

Crime for other crimes transporting –

drugs, illegals, weapons, traded for

“other” goods or services

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Effects on Economy

– 5 000,000 vehicles entering & exiting South Africa annually

– 70 000 used vehicles imported in transit through South Africa for the sub-continent

– 20 000 “fall off the back of the truck”– No effective “Transit System” in place

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Effects on Economy

– Impact• Illegal vehicles on our roads• Loss of revenue:

– To the state– Manufacturers & supporting industries

[employ 700 000] workers– Finance Institutions– Insurers

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Effects on Economy

–< 84 000* vehicles stolen in South Africa 2009 with a recovery rate of about 40%

– During 2010 we estimate 30 000 of these were illegally “exported”

– Higher than the average value vehicles – in the majority perpetrated by international syndicates

• There is a noticeable migration of Vehicle Theft “Methodologies”

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Effects on Economy

– “Illegally exported” vehicles - insured

losses amount to Billions of Rand

– Major losses are also sustained by VAF

Banks e.g. 2 Banks:

• 12 000 disappeared owners &vehicles at an

average value of R120 000 = R 1, 440billion

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Government Initiatives

– Increased Interdepartmental Cooperation

– SARS CBCU formed and deployed

– BMA Border Management Agency 2009

– New automated SARS Customs

Management System under development

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Government Initiatives

• New DoHA Movement Control System preceding World Cup 2010 – financed by SARS

• New SAPS concentration on priority crimes

• Increased Private Public Sector cooperation & joint initiatives on the vehicle crime arena.

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Government Initiatives

• SANDF responsible once again for

border line» Requiring specialist training – PPP?

» Possible participation by the private sector

• SAPS return to law enforcement role

at POE

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Required Initiatives

• Increased Private / Public Sector

Cooperation

• Increased Political Will

enforcement of discipline

• A review of some legislation

• Implement secure “Automated”

technology solutions

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Required Initiatives

• Solutions must be “environment proof” & cost effective

• Integrated and coordinated end to end process across all the operating departments

• Deployment of a well managed, disciplined, independent Border Management Entity

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Required Initiatives

• Better Intelligence, (integrated)– advance traveller lists, – pre-clearance of consignments, – risk profiling, – single view of the traveller, – coordinated processes, – close integration between processing and

enforcement and other intelligence

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Required Initiatives

• Implementation of the above should “Arrest”

crime before it crosses our borders!

• Balance between Security and Trade & Travel

Facilitation

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Required Initiatives

Ensure adherence and satisfaction of all

international criteria:• WCO

• WTO

• US Homeland Security

• Preferred Trading Partner Agreements

• Enhance trading systems

• Be a recognized Secure Country

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Private Sector Initiatives

Utilisation of current private / public

sector initiatives to supplement Public

Sector systems

Unicode1. Information Sharing

2. Business Intelligence Integration with Law

enforcement

3. Consolidated Efforts of private sector initiatives

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Private Sector Initiatives

Vehicle tracking companies

BAC projects & Initiatives

ANPR

Industry involvement

Consolidated Integrated automated solutions

that can be easily extended to Border

Management Applications, Systems & Business

Processes

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Private Sector Initiatives

Continued transformation and

management of POE personnel – Private

sector can participate

Cooperation between SANDF and

specialist agencies

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Finally…

In the final analysis we need to transform SA into an attractive FDI destination**

To achieve this we need to get our house in order and ensure that our “attractive

gateway” is well managed and protected.

If not …..

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Our Choice

• Address challenges• Address risks

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End

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