Zimbabwe turns to tech to confront crime…amid rising national crime and cross-border smuggling

Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR IN A major bid to modernise the country’s law enforce­ment capacity, authorities are increasingly turning to advanced technology to tackle rising crime and cross-border smuggling. This has seen both the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) escalating their acquisitions of high-tech tools to upgrade national security operations…