Overview of organised crime in South Africa -- Modern day pirates of South African Roads: Cash-In-Transit networks in South Africa -- Power and Glory: the criminal elite of the Cape flats -- Capable middlemen: nigerian drug traffickers -- A booming trade: vehicle hijacking in South Africa -- Crossing borders: South African criminal networks -- Stealing respectability: white-collar crime in South Africa today -- Threats to stability: an overview of some of the issues affecting organised crime in South Africa -- Clonclusion and recommendations.