About Dna project

About company

The DNA Project is a non-profit organisation lobbying support for the expansion of the National DNA Database in SA to include the identity of criminal offenders and suspects through DNA profiling . It advocates the use of DNA profiling for criminal intelligence as the gateway to crime resolution and prevention in a country with one of the highest crime rates and lowest conviction rates in the world. An expanded database will allow the police to match DNA evidence retrieved at crime scenes with the reference profiles of known suspects on the database and therefore make it easier to identify perpetrators and solve crimes quicker. This is not a quick fix solution, but rather a long term plan which will ultimately throw an exponential catch-net over recidivistic criminal behaviour and ensure accountability amongst our criminal population.