NPA Annual Report 2011/2012 - National Prosecuting Authority

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NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY – VOTE 24 For the year ended 31 March 2012Table 6: Performance indicators for increased successful prosecution of serious reported crimeAudited/Actual PerformancePerformance indicator 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 Target2011/12Conviction rate on ComplexCommercial Crime2011/12ActualPerformance Against Target%Deviationfrom targetChange overperiod 10/11-11/12Reason forDeviation93.7% 93.6% 92.5% 92% 91.6% -0.4% -0.9% Figure includes1 408 825 13 742 981 754only dedicatedcourts dueto structurechangeConviction rates on trio crimes n/a n/a 85.6% 85% 84.8% -0.2% -0.8% Increased535 347 1 525number ofconvictionsalthough infewer casesevidenceaccepted bycourtConviction rate of organised crime n/a n/a 85% 85% 89.1% 4.1% 4.1% Target17 18 171exceeded– increasedconvictionsConviction rate in sexual offences 14 n/a n/a n/a 15 48% 65.1% 17.1% -0.5% See Footnote145 348 4 501Number of backlogs in the Regionaland High Courts16 306 16 325 17 242 15 609 17 646 -11.4% -2.3% Steady declinein courtutilisation andincrease informal bailapplicationswhich impactsnegatively onthe speedyfinalisation ofcasesIncreased prosecutions of serious crimeComplex Commercial Crime (Specialised Commercial Crime Unit [SCCU])The SCCU is a small specialist prosecution unit resorting under the National Specialised ServicesDivision in the Office of the National Director. It embraces expertise in specific categories ofcomplex commercial crimes. There is centralised coordination of corruption prosecutions irrespective of theregions where the offences were committed.During the reporting period, a total of 10 dedicated commercial crime courts finalised 824 cases with aconviction rate of 91.6%. A reduction of 0.9 % is noted in the conviction rate compared to the previousfinancial year. The SCCU did manage to increase the number of cases finalised by 11.1% compared tothe previous year with 82 more cases finalised. This was achieved despite the fact that court utilisationdeclined on average with 31 minutes per day and fewer new cases were received.___________________________________13 Figure includes only dedicated courts due to structure change.14 The conviction rate previously reported was for the dedicated sexual offences courts in operation at the time. As these courts no longer exist, a comparison withprevious data is not possible (see NPA annual report 2010/11 pg.17). All regional courts that deal with sexual offences report their data. In 2003, the average convictionrate for sexual offences in all courts was 47%. The targets were set with this in mind.15 Sexual offences were only measured in all courts from 2011/12 therefore there is no historical data.22
NATIONAL PROSECUTING AUTHORITY – VOTE 24 For the year ended 31 March 2012Figure 2: Case Management by SCCUWithin the offices of the DPP in each division, dedicated prosecutors have been identified to deal withthe following crime types:• Trio Crimes• Organised Crimes• Tax Crimes• Environmental CrimesTheir achievements are highlighted hereunder:Trio Crime ProsecutionsDuring 2011/12 the courts increased the number of finalised trio prosecutions with 232.1% compared tothe 535 cases reported as finalised during the previous year. A total of 1 777 cases comprising of 2 152trio counts were finalised with a conviction rate of 85.8%. A breakdown of the categories compared tothe previous year is indicated in the table below.23
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