adoption of the respective Programme of Action held in July 2001 in New York. SADC countries were also instrumental in the adoption of the UN Convention on Transnational Crime. 6.2 Challenges 6.2.1 Despite the above achievements, the Public Security Sector still faces numerous challenges which include: (i) Transnational criminal activities and organised criminal syndicates; (ii) Cyber crime (iii) Terrorism (iv) Drug dealing and trafficking; (v) Violent crime; (vi) Control and regulation of private security companies for the elimination of mercenary activities; (vii) The proliferation of and trafficking in small arms and light weapons; (viii) Money laundering and cash in transit heist; (ix) The negative effects of globalisation such as the growing vulnerability of national borders; (x) The scarcity of resources; (xi) Efficient communication systems backed by a reliable criminal intelligence network; (xii) Combating human trafficking; (xiii) Combating and prevention of rape, abuse and violence against women, and children; (xiv) HIV and AIDS; and (xv) Enforcement of the agreed policies pertaining to the control of conflict diamonds. 37