OVM3701
ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2 2023
, Case study
Five trucks were torched in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.
This brings to 16 the number of trucks set alight between 7 and 11 July 2023. All
the drivers were robbed. The number of trucks that have been destroyed in arson
attacks in the past three days has risen to 16 after five more were set alight in
KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.
Eleven were torched over the weekend – six in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday and
five in Mpumalanga on Sunday night. Allegations were that truck drivers were
attacked and robbed before two trucks were set alight. It is alleged that the
incident took place shortly before 22:00 while the drivers were in a queue on the
N2.
The men were forced out of the trucks before the trucks were set alight. Police
are investigating a case of armed robbery, malicious damage to property and
attempted murder. On the same day, three trucks were torched in Limpopo
(McCain,2023).
Against this background, critically discuss modus operandi of the criminals in the
above case study and the trademarks that form part of a criminal’s modus
operandi. In your answer, indicate the value of modus operandi information in a
particular crime and show how you, as investigator, might use this information to
trace the criminal.
ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2 2023
, Case study
Five trucks were torched in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.
This brings to 16 the number of trucks set alight between 7 and 11 July 2023. All
the drivers were robbed. The number of trucks that have been destroyed in arson
attacks in the past three days has risen to 16 after five more were set alight in
KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo.
Eleven were torched over the weekend – six in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday and
five in Mpumalanga on Sunday night. Allegations were that truck drivers were
attacked and robbed before two trucks were set alight. It is alleged that the
incident took place shortly before 22:00 while the drivers were in a queue on the
N2.
The men were forced out of the trucks before the trucks were set alight. Police
are investigating a case of armed robbery, malicious damage to property and
attempted murder. On the same day, three trucks were torched in Limpopo
(McCain,2023).
Against this background, critically discuss modus operandi of the criminals in the
above case study and the trademarks that form part of a criminal’s modus
operandi. In your answer, indicate the value of modus operandi information in a
particular crime and show how you, as investigator, might use this information to
trace the criminal.
