Leon Nothnagel Consultancy Services
Leon Nothnagel Is a professional Forensic Investigator and Human Resources Support Consultant and founder / owner of LNCS. With 40 years’ experience as a former Law Enforcement Officer, Security and Industrial Relations Specialist in South Africa and abroad, he has trained to perform highly in different fields such as criminal investigations, hostage negotiation and high-risk tactical operations. He also studied practical labour law and successfully represented many employer cases at the CCMA as one of his roles as an HR Generalist. He in addition studied and graduated at the American International Institute of Polygraph and currently holds international accreditation in this field.
His fascinating career enabled him to be part of also a few selected Law Enforcement Officers from SAPS to operate on the Security Team of ACOG at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
His vast knowledge and experience shared, together with his dedication and high ethical standards, is what sets him apart from anyone else in the industry. He is also an associate member of the American Polygraph Association and International member of the British and European Polygraph Association in good standing.
“All major chain stores are in agreement that the largest slice of retail shrinkage in South Africa is directly related to employee theft. A major retailer put employee theft at 72 percent of total shrinkage while Murphy (2009) puts the average figure of employee theft at more than 50 percent. To worsen this problem is the fact that employee theft is far more insidious and complex than shoplifting. Large retail outlets employ hundreds of personnel with access to merchandise, and under a wide variety of conditions which heighten the potential for dishonest behaviour (Crime Prevention, 2012: 2). Employee theft comes in many shapes and forms, and may take the form of “borrowing” money from a cash register; taking merchandise, supplies, or tools home in handbags and lunch boxes; or more-complicated manipulations of organisational assets (more recently by computer) for personal benefit”. (Extract from Corporate Ownership & Control Research Article)
As a result of the aforementioned situation which has become far worse since the aforementioned publication of the research article, exacerbated by the continuous growth of criminal activities by the criminal culture of large-scale corruption and theft in South Africa, compounded by poor economy and socio-economic factors, it has become a nightmare for businesses and employers to keep their heads floating above water.