A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having two unrelated men in her house, according to local media reports.

More than a thousand children are reported missing in South Africa every year. Fortunately most are found alive. But with the staggering incidents of rape and sexual molestation of innocent kids

In South Africa, where crime is the most talked about issue around the dinner table, South Africans need to ask themselves in the midst of their consternation, what precisely constitutes crime.

1. Paedophiles will build a relationship far beyond the physical nature with their victims.

You may have seen the term “phishing” before and been told to be careful of it, but you not really certain as to what it is. . . or you may have experienced it or should I say been a victim of it. . .you must be wondering, what exactly is this phishing???

Have you ever been a victim of theft, fraud or bribery?

If your answer is ‘yes’ then you have been a victim of White collar crimes. Most of these crimes are committed to businesses where criminals steal the businesses hard earned money through fraud and corruption.

Technology has made life convenient and quick. Unfortunately this rapid growth made innocent people easy targets and created many new opportunities for individual criminals and crime syndicates and fraudsters to defraud and con people. Local banks are reporting over 5 million rand loss per month due to card fraud and globally the figure runs into billions of dollars annually.

Human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, harbouring, or receipt of people for the purposes of slavery, forced labor and servitude.

 For desperate people who live in appalling circumstances any deal or promise is worth a try. Traffickers play on this need and desire for a better life to abuse and exploit these vulnerable persons.

South Africa has become a popular destination point for trafficked persons. Promises of a better life in a diverse country seem all too good to pass by for women and children who live in war ravaged, poverty stricken countries. A chance to make their dreams a reality in a foreign land. A chance to escape the suffering. A fair chance at life. Opportunities like these don’t come around often. The future seems bright and promising.