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NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY . PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS 21 MAY 2008. Proposed Agenda . Overview by Acting NDPP Presentation by Operational Units:
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NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS 21 MAY 2008
Proposed Agenda • Overview by Acting NDPP • Presentation by Operational Units: * National Prosecutions Service (NPS) * Overview National Specialist Services Division (NSSD): Specialised Commercial Crime Unit (SCCU) Sexual Offences and Community Affairs (SOCA) Office for Witness Protection (WP) Priority Crimes and Litigation Unit (PCLU) * Directorate Special Operations (DSO) • Questions
Overview by Acting National Director MJ Mpshe SC
Introduction • Structure and Composition of the NPA • Powers, Duties and Functions of National Director and Deputy National Directors • Impact of external factors on the performance of NPA staff
Highlights of operational Units • National Prosecutions Service (NPS) * Maintaining high conviction rate * Community Courts * Backlog Project * Community Prosecutions Project
Highlights of Operational Units (cont) • Directorate of Special Operations (DSO) * Finalised 214 cases * Conviction rate 85% * Restraint assets R 1, 05 billion
Highlights of Operational Units (cont.) • Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (PCLU) * 100% conviction in first ever Nuclear Non-Proliferation case in SA * Missing Persons Project
Highlights of Operational Units (cont.) • Specialised Commercial Crime Unit (SCCU) * Maintained 95% conviction rate * 36% increase in cases finalised * Spear-headed PGI methodology
Highlights of Operational Units (cont.) • Sexual Offences and Community Affairs (SOCA) * Launched 365 National Action Plan on No Violence against Women and Children * Continued establishment Thuthuzela Care Centres * Steering Committee for Trafficking in Persons established.
Highlights of Operational Units (cont.) • Office for Witness Protection * Maintained long standing record no witness threatened, harmed on assassinated whilst on Programme * Acclaimed as one of top 5 witness protection agencies in the world