South Africa is on the precipice of becoming the cybercrime capital of Africa.
The crimes come in different forms and can target individuals with low digital literacy and businesses with advanced cyber security defences. Organised crime groups often perpetrate cybercrimes and they are segmented into different divisions, according to Pederson. The complicated nature of the investigations means that more resources need to be dedicated to cybercrime investigations than other crime categories to successfully combat it.Pederson adds that the lack of capacity to clamp down on cybercrime is building a reputation for South Africa that the country does not want.South Africa has a reputation for not being able to prosecute cybercrimes, which means that the syndicates love working here because it's pretty easygoing.
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