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SPAIN MONEY LAUNDERING POLICY FEATURE
BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante
SINCE March 2005, Operation White Whale, an extensive international anti-money-laundering operation spearheaded by the Spain’s National Police (the Policia Nacional), has produced the arrest of 57 people and the laundering of at least Euro 250 million euros obtained through illegal drug trafficking, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry (Ministerio del Interior).…
IRELAND PAINT INDUSTRY FEATURE
IRELAND’S Celtic Tiger economy may have lost a little of its bounce recently, with double-digit annual growth figures no longer predicted. However, the beast is still in fine fettle, as a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) observer report notes: "The economy has bounced back.…
ILO SEAFARERS CARDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SEPTEMBER 11 attacks sparked a tightening of security restrictions around the world and the shipping industry has been a key focus. The latest initiative is the creation of a global system of biometric identifiers for seafarers. Keith Nuthall reports.…
IFC BULGARIA/EGYPT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is investing US$25 million into London-based Melrose Resources plc to support its oil and gas operations in Galata, Bulgaria, and El Mansoura, Egypt. Galata is Bulgaria’s first private upstream oil and gas project.…
FOOD NEEDS CONFERENCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL symposium is being staged at the University of London next month to debate ongoing efforts to reach a sophisticated and global definition of the amount and type of food required to be healthy. New ‘human energy expenditure’ guidelines have been developed over the past two years by the UN’s World Health Organisation (WHO) and Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO).…
CHINA MUSEUMS FEATURE - BEIJING OLYMPICS GAMES -CURATING TRAINING DEMAND
BY MARK ROWE
CHINA has spent the past 15 years playing catch-up with the developed world by building skyscrapers and demolishing its old hutongs and alleyways. It has been accused by cultural organisations of taking the view that, in order to justify its existence everything must have an economic means and end.…
ECJ SMOKED FLAVOURINGS CRISPS - BRITAIN APPEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a British government attempt to strike down a European Union (EU) regulation controlling smoke flavourings in foods. London claimed that that rather than using legitimate EU treaty powers harmonising national laws, the regulation creates "a centralised procedure at EU level for the authorisation of smoke flavourings for foods".…
FOOD WORLD - FEBRUARY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NON-DIOXIN LIKE PCB CONTAMINATION WARNING – EFSA
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called on the food industry to further minimise non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL-PCBs) in food, because of health concerns about excess contamination. * http://www.efsa.eu.int/science/contam/contam_opinions/1229/contam_op_ej284_ndl-pcb_en1.pdf
ECJ SMOKED FLAVOURINGS CRISPS – BRITAIN APPEAL
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a British government attempt to strike down a EU regulation controlling smoke flavourings in foods.…
UNODC - CORRUPTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is sending legal and accounting specialists to Nigeria and Kenya, to help them trace and recover money stolen by previous corrupt governments. The agency will “conduct in-depth assessments of (their) institutional and legal frameworks”, making detailed proposals to “overcome obstacles to asset recovery”.…
BORG - IMO
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SECRETARY General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has asked in a face-to-face meeting that new European Union (EU) fisheries and maritime affairs Commissoner Joe Borg secure widespread EU ratification of two IMO safety conventions. These are the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol for the Safety of Fishing Vessels and the 1995 International Convention on Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel.…