BJuris, LLB, LLM, MTh, LLD Profile Duane started his career as a police official in the South African Police Service (SAPS), reaching the rank of Inspector, whereafter he was a public prosecutor in the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA), reaching the level of Senior Public Prosecutor (SPP). He was then head-hunted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) forensic services, where he project-managed financial crime investigations. In 2004, Duane joined the North-West University where he first lectured corporate law in the Law Faculty as Head of Department of Mercantile Law before joining the newly established Programme in Forensic Accountancy in 2007 to lecture in criminal law and criminology. His doctoral thesis explored the combating of organised crime, after which he was seconded to the State Capture Commission as part of a research project for the Chair of the Commission. Duane was invited to appear before the Financial Action Task Force panel of assessors to speak on issues of corruption and money laundering during South Africa’s mutual evaluation in 2019. Duane joined the School of Policing Studies at Charles Sturt University in March 2024 as researcher and senior lecturer in policing studies. His hobby is to write Afrikaans crime fiction, having published both novels and short stories. Publications P du Toit, D Aslett. “Deferred prosecution agreements as a possible mechanism to combat corporate crime in South Africa.” In PJ Schwikkard and S Hoctor (Eds). Essays in Honour of Steph Van Der Merwe (2023: Juta, Cape Town) 110-128 B Bissett, P Steenkamp, D Aslett. (2023). “An analysis of the 2021 South African FATF mutual evaluation report: terrorist financing and NPOs.” Journal of Financial Crime 30 (6), 1534-1548 JL McIntyre, D Aslett, N Buitendag. (2023). “Implementing unexplained wealth orders in South Africa – What are the options?” Journal of Money Laundering Control 26 (7), 85-98 B Bissett, P Steenkamp, D Aslett. (2023). “The South African non-profit sector and its vulnerabilities to economic crime.” Journal of Money Laundering Control 26 (6), 1179-1193 JL McIntyre, D Aslett, N Buitendag. (2022). “Lifestyle audits in South Africa – Overrated or X-factor?” Journal of Financial Crime 30 (4) 1078-1095. D Aslett. (2012). “Georganiseerde misdaad in legio vorme.” Word and Action 52 (420), 21-23.
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Dr Duane Aslett