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RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE DEVELOP COTTON PRE-TREATMENT INNOVATION
Major garment labels, technology innovators, environmental research companies and textile manufacturers are working hard worldwide to deliver sustainable solutions for cotton textile pre-treatment. Reducing levels of chemicals in wastewater, significantly decreasing the total amount of water used in processing in the first place and cutting energy use by as much as 75% are some of the benefits these new techniques are delivering to finishers.…
HALAL FOOTWEAR COULD BECOME SIGNIFICANT NICHE MARKET IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA
At a time when footwear companies are moving to tap high-quality and high-added value segments and niche markets, such as vegan shoes, attention is now turning to the sales potential being offered for sales of footwear that is halal-certified in wealthy non-Muslim majority markets such as Europe and north America.…
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF AML/CFT BEING ASSESSED BY FATF – BUT MORE WORK IS NEEDED, SAY EXPERTS
It would be surprising if as complex an intergovernmental programme as AML/CFT did not spark unintended consequences, but some AML/CFT experts fear that the global system designed and promoted by FATF has caused unwanted and damaging actions that cut across its stated goal – to fight and prevent money laundering.…
TAILWINDS ARE PICKING UP FOR CHINA’S DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING SECTOR
Chinese finishers are increasingly recognising the ability of digital textile printing to offer outsourcing manufacturing hubs increased flexibility and production quality. Last October (2021), Guangzhou-based startup Youbu Information Technology Co announced it collected “tens of millions of RMB” – Chinese Yuan Renminbi (USD1 buys CNY6.35) from angel investors to transform China’s clothing supply chain with digital printing.…
PERU CLOTHING INDUSTRY WELCOMES POTENTIAL NEW TARIFF BARRIER TO BLOCK IMPORT SURGE
THE PERU clothing industry has backed moved by the country’s left-wing government to impose temporary safeguard duties on imports of clothing into this south American country that is a hub for wool production, especially using alpaca fibre.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reported that Peru has launched an inquiry into what is considers a glut of imports that is undermining the commercial health of Peruvian clothing and textile manufacturers.…
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL WATCHLIST FLAGS NINE COUNTRIES – INCLUDING AUSTRIA AND AUSTRALIA
Transparency International has flagged nine countries, including two European Union (EU) member states – Austria and Slovenia – where it says in a February 3 blog (1) societies need to be on “particularly high alert” for corruption, highlighting declining efforts to fight graft.…
US TREASURY SAYS ART FINANCE BUSINESSES SHOULD FALL UNDER AMERICAN AML CONTROLS
A US Treasury report has proposed extending American AML laws already imposed on general financial institutions to art finance providers, after concluding they are particularly vulnerable to money laundering. A detailed study mandated in the 2020 Anti-Money Laundering Act concluded: “The lack of AML/CFT coverage of art finance service providers creates a market ripe for regulatory arbitrage, where illicit actors could target these…providers,” notably when they enable “leveraged acquisitions, art-collateralised lending, and other financial services in the market”.…
UNIVERSITY WORLD NEWS - AFRICA ANGOLA EXPANDS AND UPGRADES ITS HIGHER EDUCATION AS DEMAND FOR COURSES OUTSTRIPS SUPPLY
The Angolan government has been pushing ahead with to expand the countries higher education services – with initiatives progressing this year in its public and private wings. A new private university was inaugurated in October, with the government planning to build a new university hospital this year and major expansions being completed in two public universities.…
NEW DUTCH HALAL STANDARD AIMS TO DELIVER RELIGIOUS RESPECT AND ANIMAL WELFARE
As controversy continues over the disconnect between the European Union (EU) animal livestock stunning rules and halal slaughtering requirements, the Netherlands’ Muslim official representative organisation has designed a new halal standard that aims to create a system that respects both religious rules and animal welfare needs.…
PERSONAL CREDIBILITY IS KEY TO EFFECTIVE FRAUD INVESTIGATION SAYS EXPERIENCED TRAINERPERSONAL CREDIBILITY IS KEY TO EFFECTIVE FRAUD INVESTIGATION SAYS EXPERIENCED TRAINER
Fraud investigators need to spend less time pretending to be a TV detective and more time being their authentic selves when probing scams, a former instructor at the USA’s Inspector General Criminal Investigator Academy (IGCIA) has stressed to Fraud Intelligence.
In an interview, Mark Anderson, of Anderson Investigative Associates (AIA), who has also worked at the USA department of justice and the department of homeland security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre, said: “We have to have a consistency in who we are.…