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COVID-19 PANDEMIC BOOSTS INNOVATION IN INDONESIA FOR ANTI-MICROBIAL PRODUCTS
Indonesia’s National Textile Centre (BBT – Balai Besar Tekstil) in Bandung, West Java, this year (2021) established a melt spinning laboratory helping the country’s nonwovens industry develop products with special functionalities, including medical supplies and personal protective equipment such as masks and hazmat suits. …
MYANMAR CLOTHING EXPORTING BUSINESS DEPENDS ON SHIPPING
THE MYANMAR clothing industry is struggling to operate effectively as political unrest continues following the seizure of power by the country’s military on February 1.
Garment manufacturers, most of whom have been located in the country’s commercial capital Yangon, had been a major employer and a significant source of foreign currency for Myanmar.…
FATE OF PROPOSED APPAREL PARK IN PAKISTAN’s LAHORE CITY HANGS IN BALANCE
A plan to establish an apparel park in Lahore – the capital city of Pakistan’s Punjab province, and a major clothing and textile manufacturing hub – appears to have been stalled following a dispute between the provincial government and the prospective Chinese investor Challenge Apparel Ltd.…
AML EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS ARE COMPLEX AND UNEVEN TOOLS TO FIGHT DIRTY MONEY FLOWS
THE WIDE diversity of AML laws worldwide can complicate the enforcement of AML/CFT extradition proceedings.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations 37 and 39 say that governments should be prepared to extradite money launderers (and terrorist financiers) to another country if they both criminalise the underlying predicate offence.…
CHINESE KNITTING MACHINE SECTOR STEAMING OUT OF THE CRISIS
Demand for knitting machines in China has been recovering remarkably fast from the Covid-19 crisis, with Chinese textile factory owners growing bolder in investment decisions, and exports to south Asia growing too.
Chinese knitting machine-makers Suzhou ReHow Machinery Manufacturing and Fujian Taifan Industrial, which supply mainly T-shirt fabrics single jersey circular knitting machines, saw their sales dip in 2020 but not to a dramatically low level.…
MYANMAR CLOTHING EXPORTING BUSINESS DEPENDS ON SHIPPING
THE MYANMAR clothing industry is struggling to operate effectively as political unrest continues following the seizure of power by the country’s military on February 1.
Garment manufacturers, most of whom have been located in the country’s commercial capital Yangon, had been a major employer and a significant source of foreign currency for Myanmar.…
TURKEY CLOTHING MANUFACTURING SECTOR POSITIONS ITSELF TO PROSPER FROM NEAR-SHORING BOOM
As the Turkish garment sector rebounds from the drop in sales last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry is looking to tap growing demand from European retailers – and consumers – for garments made closer to home, benefiting from its advantage of being the main near-shore supplier for Europe.…
TURKEY CLOTHING MANUFACTURING SECTOR POSITIONS ITSELF TO PROSPER FROM NEAR-SHORING BOOM
As the Turkish garment sector rebounds from the drop in sales last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry is looking to tap growing demand from European retailers – and consumers – for garments made closer to home, benefiting from its advantage of being the main near-shore supplier for Europe.…
BANKS WANT FRESH UK LAWS OUTLAWING CYBERCRIME
“Nearly every scam now has an online element,” as criminals exploit Covid-19 lockdowns and rise in online life, according to banking industry association, UK Finance. Its report ‘Fraud – The Facts 2021 – the definitive overview of payment industry fraud’, shows a 22% year-on-year rise during 2020 in authorised push payment (APP) fraud volumes, where people are tricked into transferring funds to criminals who often pose as trusted organisations, such as the UK National Health Service (NHS), utility companies, the police or the government.…
CRIMINALS INCREASINGLY FUELLING CORRUPTION IN EU, WARNS EUROPOL
The European Union (EU) is facing a serious threat of corruption linked to organised crime, according to the latest analysis from its law enforcement agency (Europol). Europol’s April 12 Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment 2021 (SOCTA) – ‘A corrupting influence: the infiltration and undermining of Europe’s economy and society by organised crime – shows almost 60% of criminals in the EU regularly breach corruption laws.…