NATIONAL ANTI CORRUPTION BUSINESS REPORT TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

 KING II REPORT & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE  LISTED COMPANIES  FRAUD  BSA QUESTIONAIRE INTRODUCTION

THE SHORT TERM INSURANCE INDUSTRY Areas within the sector to be targeted  Service Provider Corruption  Business to Business Corruption  Internal fraud and Corruption by employees  Customer fraud  Vehicle Salvage Industry Areas outside the sector to be targeted  Licensing and Registration Department  SAPS Vehicle Safeguarding Units  Illegal import of motor vehicles

Anti Corruption Initiatives introduced to date  Code of Conduct  Information Sharing Data Base  Insurance Fraudline  Protocols  Donation of R2 million Rand to Business Against Crime  Operation Prado

LONG TERM INSURERS Areas within the sector to be targeted  Disability Fraud (Individual and Group)  Customer Fraud related to funeral benefit claims  Fraudulent death claims  Funeral Business  Retrenchment Cover Areas outside the sector to be targeted  Funeral Parlours/ Mortuaries  Syndicates that work across the industries within the financial services sector

Anti Corruption Initiatives introduced to date  LOA Life and Claims Register  Reference Code  Insurance Fraudline jointly with the Short Term Insurers  Assistance from the Scorpions

CHAMBER OF MINES Areas within the sector to be targeted  Precious product theft  Illicit gold markets  White collar fraud and corruption  Copper theft

Anti Corruption Initiatives introduced to date  Internal corporate measures  External measures  Standing Committee on Security  Industry and SAPS combined initiatives  Collaboration to combat White Collar crime and fraud  Collaboration to combat Copper theft

THE BANKING INSTITUTIONS Areas within the sector to be targeted  In sectors that deal with the awarding of contracts, tenders, purchasing and credit facilities.  Staff fraud  Appointments for example valuators, panel members( e.g attorneys conducting transfers on property  Credit application fraud  Impersonation fraud  Any area that can be exposed to syndicate onslaughts. Areas outside the sector to be targeted  State departments (SAPS, justice, Deeds office, Master of the Supreme Court, health)  Government tender processes  Private Sector( any institution that could be awarded contracts)

Anti Corruption Initiatives introduced to date  Zero Tolerance Policy  Awareness and Communication  Internal Fraud Units  South African Fraud Prevention Service  Business Against Crime Initiatives

BLACK MANAGEMENT FORUM Areas within the sector to be targeted  Misappropriation of funds by members - funds used for something other than what they were intended for Business to  Business corruption-between service providers and members of staff Accounting and  Auditing practices Areas outside the sector to be targeted  General fronting on Black Economic Empowerment deals (BEE as a sector)  Financial services  Local government  Government procurement process

Anti Corruption Initiatives introduced to date  B.M.F.  Private Sector

RETAIL INDUSTRY Areas within the sector to be targeted  Transportation and warehousing in appliances and pharmaceuticals.  General reluctance by business to admit the scale of the problem  Lack of investment in fraud prevention  Identity theft  Downplaying fraud statistics for fear of shareholder backlash

Anti Corruption Initiatives introduced to date  Code of Conduct for the Consumer Council for South Africa  Annual donations to Business Against Crime Kwa- Zulu Natal for the past four years – total in excess of R5 million.  Established the Unilever Centre of Ethics and Natal University  The South African Fraud Prevention Service

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