The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an organisation that aims to facilitate cooperation between the governments of its Member States through a set of goals. SADC uses protocols as an instrument of coordination of its Member States on Transport, Communications and Meteorology endeavours to harmonise various aspects of traffic and transportation in the region. The researcher relies on carrying out an extensive literature review, consulting secondary data, official government publications and review of case studies. This article is informed by both the routine activity theory and situational crime prevention theory. It was found that the SADC regional body still has several barriers to overcome before a successful harmonisation stage to prevent crime will be achieved by Member States. Regional cooperation is needed amongst Member States to prevent organised borderless crime like human trafficking, drugs trafficking, fraud and money laundering, car-hijacking and terrorism.

南部非洲发展共同体（南部非洲发展共同体）是一个旨在通过一系列目标促进其成员国政府之间合作的组织。南部非洲发展共同体使用议定书作为其成员国在运输，通信和气象方面的协调手段，以协调该区域交通运输的各个方面。研究人员依靠进行广泛的文献综述，查阅二级数据，政府官方出版物和案例研究综述。例行活动理论和情节犯罪预防理论都为本文提供了参考。人们发现，在成员国成功实现防止犯罪的统一阶段之前，南部非洲发展共同体区域机构仍需克服若干障碍。