Our Mission

IAATI Southern African Branch

Welcome to the IAATI Southern African Branch Home Page

Our Vision
To be the recognised global leader in vehicle crime prevention and a leading vehicle theft-related investigation expertise and training provider.

Our Mission
To provide a global approach to vehicle theft deterrence, investigation, recovery, and kindred crimes.

Our Values
Integrity – We always do what is right.
Commitment – We do what we say we are going to do.
Professionalism – We encourage high professional standards for our members and affiliates.

Our Vision
To be the recognised global leader in vehicle crime prevention and a leading vehicle theft-related investigation expertise and training provider.

Collaboration – We as members work together for the organisation's greater good, sharing our collective knowledge, exchanging technical information and new developments related to vehicle crime, and encouraging networking among our members and chapters to keep everyone informed.

IAATI offers the following benefits to its members:

An annual international training seminar is conducted in the USA every second year, and one outside the USA every second year. These seminars offer vehicle crime-related training with a global emphasis.

An annual 3-day SAB training seminar (in three regions), which we use to cater to the vehicle crime investigation training needs of SAPS and the private sector.

Frequent international or local (IAATI SAB) training sessions on vehicle crime investigation or matters relating to vehicle identification.

The circulation of IAATI’s quarterly electronic magazine to all its members is referred to as the APB (at an additional cost of $30 per year for a hard copy). 

Monthly International e-news journal. As well as online training material and case studies.

The contact details of all International Members of IAATI are made available to each member of the Southern African Branch SAB for networking/assistance & communication purposes. Information on vehicle crime trends and identification is often shared among investigators, locally and internationally, who are members of IAATI.