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WESTERN POWERS IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE AGGRESSION
The United States, European Union (EU), Germany and the UK have reacted swiftly against Russian interests following its government’s recognition of independence of two breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine. The sanctions follow the announcement yesterday (Monday Feb 21) by President Vladimir Putin regarding the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s republics, into which he has openly sent Russian troops, as ‘peacekeepers’.…
FARM TO FORK LEGISLATION IS RESTRICTIVE AND DAMAGING, SAY EXPERTS
EUROPE’S dairy production and trade must not suffer from the implementation of the European Union (EU)’s farm to fork (F2F) plans (1), announced May 2020 and at the heart of the European Green Deal to “make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly,” dairy experts have told Dairy Industries International (DII).…
MARKETING IN THE METAVERSE: HOW FASHION BRANDS ARE PREPARING FOR A NEW DIGITAL REALITY
With the rise in popularity of immersive online environments, the international fashion world is preparing to use this trend in consumer behaviour to target customers with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), virtual images sold as unique digital assets that can be attached to the blockchain. …
TUNISIA CLOTHING SECTOR SAYS PLANNED WAGE INCREASES WILL HELP WORKERS COPE WITH INFLATION, BUT PRESERVE COMPETITIVENESS
The Tunisian clothing industry says that a collective wage agreement to 2023 will help Tunisian workers deal with rising costs, (inflation was 6.6% in December), while keeping the sector competitive in international markets. The deal was struck in November by the Tunisian Textile and Clothing Federation (FTTH), (as part of the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts – UTICA) and the General Federation of Textiles, Clothes, Leather and Shoes workers (FGTHCC), which is part of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT).…
EXPERTS DOUBT MLB AML EXPENDITURE EFFECTIVENESS – MORE MONEY NEEDED FOR CRIMINAL PROBES
WITH around USD400 billion spent annually on AML compliance and government efforts to curb financial crime according to LexisNexis, AML experts are increasingly calling for more of this money to be spent on in depth and undercover investigations to follow money trails, delivering convictions and dirty money seizures.…
MOROCCO CLOTHING INDUSTRY WORKS TO DEEPEN BACKWARD LINKAGES AS IT EYES NEAR-SOURCING BUSINESS
The Moroccan Textile and Clothing Industry Association (AMITH) is pushing ahead with a new strategic programme to develop backward linkages for its clothing industry command to enable it to grab more business as European and American brands consider nearsourcing their products.…
UK JUSTICE SYSTEM ONLY PROSECUTING A FRACTION OF FRAUD CASES
She said: “Here is the FI copy on the Qatargate scandal. There seems to be new details emerging every few hours.
It is too long but I am going out in 45 minutes and will only have my phone to check emails, so would prefer to file now and have you take a look and perhaps find answers to potential questions in the excess copy. …
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – CEFS UPSET OVER UK OPENING SUGAR MARKET TO NON-EUROPEAN PRODUCERS
The European Association of Sugar Manufacturers (CEFS) has attacked the UK government for extending until December 2024 an import quota of 260,000 tonnes for raw sugar, claiming this could disrupt the European sugar industry and market. “The UK’s approach is alarming, since it undermines existing concessions offered to sugar producers around the world,” said CEFS, notably European Union producers and those from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries who usually have some special access to EU markets (and formerly UK markets prior to Brexit).…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – GREENWASHING WILL BE KEY TARGET OF ISSB
The first chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has said a key goal of the creation of global sustainability standards in financial reporting will be fighting greenwashing, where companies make false claims about the environmental benefits delivered by their products and services.…
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS ARE KEY IN ANTI-FRAUD WORK – A REAL CHALLENGE IN THE SMART PHONE AGE
An experienced American fraud investigator with 33 years’ experience worldwide has told Fraud Intelligence how developing interpersonal skills are essential to his work. But with people growing up communicating with smart phones, such skills are becoming rarer.
In an interview with FI, Don Rabon, CFE, president of the Successful Interviewing Techniques consultancy, said: “If you can relate to people and make that connection, it will help forgive a lot of interview inequities.…