Understanding Cargo Security Risks to Supply Chain and Logistics Operations in Africa 

Emperor’s Palace Conference Centre, Johannesburg – 6 March 2024

What do we know about cargo security and supply chain risks in Africa? 

Join us in Johannesburg for this special one-day TAPA EMEA Regional Conference on 6 March 2024, supported by our TAPA EMEA 2024 Premier Partners, to learn more about the current cargo security threats in South Africa, and to look beyond its borders to try to identify cargo crime and supply chain security risks in other prominent African economies. 

REGISTER NOW: https://conference.tapaemea.org/

In 2023, the TAPA EMEA Intelligence System (TIS) recorded 41,120 crimes across 36 countries in Africa – however, 99% of these incidents took place in just one country: South Africa. 2023 was the first time TAPA EMEA included all incidents provided by the South African Police Service (SAPS) into the Association’s intelligence database. This includes crimes ranging from truck hijackings and cash-in-transit robberies to the crime categories for common robbery, robbery at non-residential premises, burglaries at non-residential premises, and stock theft. 

In the past 12 months, TAPA EMEA has recorded major cargo crimes involving losses of €100,000 or more in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco, and Ethiopia – but criminal threats to cargo security and supply chain resilience across Africa still go mostly unreported, despite the heavy presence of manufacturing, freight, logistics, and distribution operators across the continent. 

In the past calendar year, only 0.4% of crimes recorded by TIS contained a financial loss value, but for the 182 incidents sharing financial data, the cost of cargo crime was as significant as anywhere else across the EMEA region:

• €56.6 million of goods stolen from supply chains in 365 days 
• €933,630 – average loss for major cargo crimes of €100K or more
• €311,373 – average loss for every crime stating a value
• €155,260 – average recorded loss from supply chains in Africa every 24 hours in 2023

This event is free of charge for TAPA EMEA members to attend. Non-members are also invited to register, subject to payment of the 1,800 Rand delegate fee.

JOIN US AS AN EXHIBITOR…

TAPA EMEA has a limited number of exhibition spaces available at this event, costing R10,000. To request further information, please contact me at Thorsten.Neumann@tapaemea.org     

We look forward to welcoming you in Johannesburg. 

THORSTEN NEUMANN

President & CEO, TAPA EMEA