Tag It!

Trust a South African to make a plan with this one! Tag stolen goods before they're stolen. Register the serial numbers of the valuable items you own, on a national on-line database. Should they get stolen, change their status to "stolen", alerting second-hand stores on the database. This operational service is free and is called Tagga. It was developed by IT expert John Weber and Captain John Newman. According to the Second-Hand Goods Act, dealers are obliged by law to place the items in storage for seven days before they are put on sale. The service, financed by the two men, has been operating free since June. Information on the database was strictly confidential and there were checks and balances in place to ensure it remained that way.