The challenge to control : South Africa's borders and borderline

The monograph reports on a research project undertaken to establish how effective South African border control mechanisms are in preventing the illegal smuggling or movement of firearms across South Africa's international land borders. The research consisted of an analysis of the existing border controls initiatives, an analysis of two case studies of border areas and an opionion survey among police members at South Africa's 52 land border posts. Firearm-related crime is increasing at alarming rates in South Africa. The analyses undertaken in this study demonstrated that illegal firearms, as well as crossborder crimes involving drugs, illegal immigrants, contraband and vehicles, are of concern to the South African roleplayers. There is substantial interest in improving border control in South Africa and to combat crossborder crimes.