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September 2025

Head of Program Delivery & Impact

Davina Mansfield is a strategic and results focused C-suite executive with a defence and national security background, and we are delighted to announce that she has joined the Crime Stoppers International executive management team in the new role of Head of Program Delivery and Impact.

Davina brings deep expertise in operational excellence, organizational transformation, and stakeholder engagement across complex environments. Throughout her career, she has successfully led complex operations, scaled high-performing teams, and driven enterprise-wide initiatives to improve efficiency, resilience, and long-term value.

With a strong focus on governance, innovation, and organizational alignment, Davina is known for her ability to guide companies through change and deliver sustainable impact. Welcome aboard, Davina!

2025 Global Anti-Scam Summit – Singapore

CEO Hayley van Loon along with Head of Strategic Technology & Capability Jarrad Warwick had the privilege of attending the Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) in Singapore.

Across two days of conversations, one theme was clear: scams and financial crime cannot be tackled in isolation. To genuinely protect our most vulnerable communities, it is evident we must go hard at the financial flows fueling these crimes.

Why? Because scams aren’t just about stolen money. The same criminal networks that profit from defrauding everyday citizens are also behind human trafficking, wildlife trafficking, child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and other forms of transnational organized crime. The web is interconnected and cutting off the money supply is critical to achieve real disruption.

Public Venue Safety & Security 2025 – Melbourne

Staging any major international event presents complex security and operational challenges, particularly when it comes to criminal threats. So, we have welcomed an invitation to be a Supporting Partner of this upcoming event.

To be held over 3 days, Public Venue Safety & Security 2025 will bring together leaders in safety, security and risk to hear keynote presentations, real-world case studies and panel discussions delivered by experts from law enforcement, emergency services, and venue operations.

Crime Stoppers International will speak to the power of utilizing secure anonymous reporting to mitigate criminal exploitation of large-scale, logistically complex international events. The value of providing a recognized and trusted channel for citizens to share information that they are not comfortable or willing to report direct to traditional law enforcement channels cannot be over-stated. This is especially critical when it comes to mitigating risks associated with corruption and human rights violations, terrorism and violent extremism, illicit trade and cybercrime, financial misconduct, public safety and exploitation, VIP and delegate or player welfare, transportation and hospitality concerns, match-fixing and illegal betting .. and more.

Note: Crime Stoppers International delegates can take advantage of an exclusive 20% discount on the registration fee. Simply register with the Conference organizer.

August 2025

INTERPOL African Regional Conference – Cape Town, South Africa

We were privileged to have our Region 7 Director and South African Police Service Deputy National Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Tabello (TC) Mosikili, in attendance at this critically important event that saw 188 senior police leaders from 56 countries gather to develop a unified and coordinated approach to tackling the most pressing security challenges for the region.

The Conference’s three-day agenda addressed (1) strategic priorities in the fight against crime in Africa, (2) tackling organized crime and security threats; and (3) enhancing policing capabilities across the region – all of which align with Crime Stoppers International’s mission to support law enforcement efforts to stop, solve, prevent and disrupt serious and transnational organized crime globally.

We applaud INTERPOL President Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi’s comment, “The theme of this conference ‘Leveraging cooperation, innovation, and partnerships to fight transnational organized crime,’ reflects the urgent challenges we face, but more importantly, it signals our shared determination to find solutions together”, and we look forward to continuing our work with INTERPOL and the South African Police Service (SAPS) and its CrimeStop service to empower African citizens to anonymously report information about crime.

Changing of the guard

After serving for five years as volunteer CEO of Crime Stoppers International, Shane Britten is stepping down in order to devote more time to his personal business obligations.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, President Sharon Hanlon AM, expressed the organization’s sincere thanks for Shane’s contribution, “We wish Shane all the very best and express our sincere gratitude for leading Crime Stoppers International as it delivered highly successful and impactful campaigns and projects, as well as steering the organization through some very challenging times during his tenure.”

The Board is thrilled that Hayley van Loon, who has served as Deputy CEO for the last two years, will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer. “While it is definitely sad to say goodbye to Shane, he leaves the organization in very capable hands and will oversee a seamless transition. Hayley is extremely well-regarded by our key stakeholders having forged strong working relationships and significant collaborations with many of them, she has an intimate working knowledge of our organization, and she is incredibly excited at the prospect of leading Crime Stoppers International to achieve its mission through continued collaboration, innovation and global partnerships – as is the Board of Directors and the management team” Ms Hanlon AM said.

Exposing The Illegal Empire – Season #2

Season 2 of Crime Stoppers International’s popular Exposing the Illegal Empire podcast has dropped! Find it on Spotify or Apple Music to download and listen, or stream online.

Join Hayley van Loon as she speaks with four international experts and explores the dangers of counterfeit medicines, fake beauty and personal care products, human trafficking, and the transnational criminal networks behind them, as well as the critical role financial intelligence plays in dismantling these criminal empires.