At last: copper cable theft a high-priority crime

http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/copper-cable-theft-declared-a-high-priority-crime-2011-06-23

Copper cable theft, which is estimated to cost the South African economy about R5-billion a year, has been declared a high-priority crime, Business Against Crime (BAC) executive: strategy Advocate Simi Pillay-van Graan said on Thursday.

Speaking at the Copper Cable Theft conference, in Johannesburg, she said the crime would now receive the focus and attention it needed and that government was realising the impact that copper theft has on the economy.