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BRAZIL’S STEPS TO IMPROVE ITS AML/CFT
Brazil, which is among the countries with the highest alerts (1.36 million in 2023) for financial crimes involving shell companies, as per the Moody’s Shell Company Indicator quoted by CNN (1), “has made important strides to improve” its Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT) system and “is achieving some positive results”, but still “needs to strengthen cooperation and coordination between certain authorities and improve prosecution”, warned the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in 2023 (2).…
WELLNESS AT FESTIVE PERIODS
This year, an extra nugget of sound wellness wisdom includes using the holiday season to reflect on what impact phone and computer algorithms might have on your wellbeing.
Whilst their pros and cons are many, especially in the fields of science and medicine, some drawbacks could include:
- Spending too much time on devices;
- Comparing oneself to others, causing a loop of anxiety;
- Compulsive or addictive device use;
- Creating bias and pigeon holing and
- Limiting openness to new ideas or activities.

TÜRKIYE DAIRY PRODUCTION FALLS AS INDUSTRY STRUGGLES WITH INFLATION AND DEPRECIATING LIRA

UKRAINE STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST COMMERCIAL CRIME, BUT CONCERNS REMAIN
While Ukraine battles an invading Russian enemy currently occupying approximately 18% of Ukrainian territory (1), it is also focused on its battle with the ‘enemy within’, namely elevated levels of corruption and other commercial crime.
Since the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, Ukraine’s pro-Western authorities have worked tirelessly to align themselves with European Union (EU) anti-corruption and anti-fraud efforts, notably establishing the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) in 2014, which prepares corruption cases for prosecution by a Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.…

CHINA CRACKING DOWN ON WEAK AUDITING OF ACCOUNTING CRIME
The Chinese auditing unit of accounting giant PwC has been fined a record Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY441 million (USD62.7 million) and banned from auditing in mainland China for six months after a regulator concluded it had “covered up and even condoned” fraud.…

ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – INDONESIAN EXTERIOR PAINT STILL USES LEAD, WARNS WORLD BANK

CHEMICAL REGULATION DILEMMA FOR NEW UK GOVERNMENT
When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, it also left the EU’s comprehensive REACH chemical control system, which was formally replaced by a UK REACH system. This mirrored EU REACH, grandfathering existing registrations and restrictions to the national system, although GB companies lost access to EU databases run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).…

ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – CHINA CRITICISES EUROPEAN TITANIUM DIOXIDE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY

PRACTISING HEALTH CARE IS GOOD FOR YOU
Think of your inner voice – have you ever talked to yourself in a way you would never dream of talking to a loved one? Are you more supportive and encouraging of your friends than you are of yourself when going through a rough patch?…
