ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

ISS Institute for Security Studies

SADC Southern African Development Community

SAPs structural adjustment programmes

SARPCCO Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Coordinating Organization

UDI Unilateral Declaration of Independence

The Palermo Convention UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime

CHAPTER 2: NAMIBIA

CSO Central Selling Organisation

DRC Democratic Republic of Congo

IDB illegal diamond business

NDR Namibian Diamond Recovery (Pty) Ltd.

PLAN People’s Liberation Army of Namibia

SFF Special Field Force

SWAPO South West African People’s Organisation

WFP World Food Programme

CHAPTER 3: MOZAMBIQUE

BCM Commercial Bank of Mozambique

DIREs identification cards of foreign citizens

PANA Pan African News Agency

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UTRA Unit for Restructuring of Customs

CHAPTER 4: TANZANIA

AFGEM African Gemstones of South Africa Company Ltd.

DRC Democratic Republic of Congo

SADC Southern African Development Community

CHAPTER 5: SWAZILAND

RSP Royal Swaziland Police

SAPS South African Police Service