Cross-border crime a global concern - Marathe
Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Dinah Marathe PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
She said this when officially opening a workshop on basic criminal intelligence analysis, which was held at Grand Palm yesterday.
She said cross-border crimes such as human trafficking, environmental crime, drug trafficking, money laundering and related crimes have a negative impact on economies as funds that could have been used for developments are often diverted to fighting these crimes.
We are told of massive spin-offs for hosting countries, which we assume was the catalyst behind putting in the bid.We are not too sure if it is a one-size fits all, where any hosting nation reaps the benefits or it’s on a case-by-case basis.There are arguments from both ends, with hosting a sure way to accelerate infrastructure development and a guaranteed cash flow during the 30-days of the tournament.There is a bump in employment creation...