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EUROPOL OPENS NEW FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRIME CENTRE
The European Police Service (Europol) June 5 announced it has opened a new European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) as a fully dedicated hub within its headquarters. Its goal will be to disrupt those involved in serious and organised crime, such as money laundering and fraud, helping law enforcement authorities follow the money trail during investigations and seize criminal profits, said a note from Europol.…
ECHA CONTINUES ATTEMPT TO CATEGORSE CHEMICALS TO SIMPLIFY THEIR REACH ADMINSTRATION
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released a report highlighting progress in work to categorise chemicals so that REACH controls can be rationalised into groups rather than individual chemicals, easing the system’s regulatory complexity. The agency said that last year (2019), ECHA and EU member states reviewed around 220 substances registered above 100 tonnes and allocated them to the relevant chemical pools.…
EU MEMBER STATES MULL WATERPROOFING CHEMICAL CONTROLS
ENVIRONMENTAL regulators in Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Denmark have requested information about the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including as textile waterproofing agents, as they develop a joint proposal to restrict their use in the European Union (EU), which would be authorised through REACH chemical control system.…
TAIWAN GETS A TASTE FOR FRESH MILK
Supermarkets and convenience stores in Taiwan are making room for an expanding and dizzying array of fresh milk products and with some of the highest consumer milk prices in the world and local dairy farmers struggling to meet demand, especially in the peak summer months, this is good news for exporting overseas producers.…
COVID-19 DISRUPTS ANTICIPATED STEADY GROWTH IN 2020 WITHIN LATIN AMERICA BEAUTY SECTOR
THE COVID-19 crisis has severely depressed sales of personal care products within Latin America and it is unclear when the market will pick up.
In Argentina, for example, a coronavirus-induced lockdown has pushed the economy deeper into recession, slashing sales of most unessential beauty and personal care products.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – CAOBISCO AND CIUS SOUND WARNING OVER BREXIT TALKS DELAYS
EUROPEAN sugar users’ association CIUS has warned about slow progress within the talks between the European Union (EU) and the UK over a permanent relationship after the current transitional Brexit period expires on December 31. The CIUS wants this period extended – a step that the British government is currently refusing to take.…
QUANTUM COMPUTING OFFERS POTENTIAL ADVANCES TO CAN MANUFACTURERS AND FILLERS, BUT CYBERSECURITY RISKS WILL EMERGE
THE POTENTIAL development of new food, liner molecules, label dyes and magnetised metals through the emerging technology of quantum computing offers benefits to the can manufacturing and filling industries. However, these companies will also need to review their IT security to ensure cyber-attacks via these powerful technologies do not disrupt their operational and financial systems and expose commercially valuable secrets to prying eyes.…
BRICS COUNTRIES’ CAN SECTORS LARGELY REMAIN OPEN DURING COVID-19 CRISIS AS IMPORTANT PART OF FOOD CHAIN
AS a key part of the food production supply chain, the international can manufacturing and filling industry has largely stayed open, with some exceptions, during the Covid-19 crisis, not just in developed economies, but also in key emerging markets such as the BRICS countries.…
DARK WEB BECOMES MORE ACCESSIBLE, BUT ITS CRIME RISKS TO MAJOR BUSINESS ARE NOT GOING AWAY
ACCESSING the dark web once demanded some computing expertise. But dark web search engines and browsers continue being developed, guiding potential users to this encrypted corner of the web where commercial criminals ply their wares and illicit businesses avoid taxes. How should legitimate companies react?…
UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH EAST NIGERIA STRIVE TO SURVIVE AND PROGRESS AMIDST BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY
Universities and other tertiary education institutions in northeast Nigeria are working to recover from severe disruptions to operations and academic life, in some cases lengthy closures and falls in enrollments caused by attacks from insurgent group Boko Haram.
Its activity has become less intense in recent years following aggressive campaigns by the Nigerian military, although attacks such that last month (June) on a village in north-eastern Borno state, where 81 people were killed, show the group has yet to be defeated.…