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GOLD IS IDEAL LAUNDERING VEHICLE, BUT AML OVERSIGHT CONTROLS ARE TOO WEAK ARGUE CRITICS



The international gold trade is worth over USD6 trillion a year, according to the World Gold Council (WGC), but oversight of the supply chain is considered weak by many critics, relying on self-regulation, making it vulnerable to money laundering.

Gold remains scarce and hence valuable: from antiquity until 2019, just 197,576 tonnes has been mined – equivalent to a 21.7 metre cube, according to the World Gold Council.…

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EU COUNTRIES DRAGGING THEIR FEET OVER PUBLIC UBO REGISTERS



Many of European Union’s 27 member states appear to have been dragging their feet when implementing a key provision of the fifth anti-money laundering directive (5AMLD) (1), setting up a public ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) register.  The registers should have gone live for the corporate world on January 10, 2020, and two months later on March 10 for trusts.…

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SOUTH AFRICA PAINT AND INDUSTRY STRUGGLES THROUGH COVID-19 TO POSITION ITSELF FOR THE RECOVERY



SOUTH Africa’s paints and coatings industry has been struggling though the particularly tough Covid-19 lockdown imposed by the country’s government, which saw its manufacturing plants and most paint retailers closed from March 26 until May 1.

What made this order worse was that from March 26 until May 1, homeowners were told to remain at home except for essential purchases, making it hard for them to help each other with renovations, swapping decoration equipment and more – preventing many from undertaking renovations during this enforced time off.…

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SOUTH AFRICA TOBACCO INDUSTRY FIGHTS TO RECOVER FROM COVID-19 PROMPTED SALES BAN



IT is maybe not a common occurrence for the tobacco industry to find itself on the right side of judicial rulings, but in December, South Africa’s Western Cape High Court ruled that a four-and-a-half month national ban on sales of tobacco products, justified to prevent the spread of Covid-19, had been unconstitutional.…

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PERU’S ALPACA INDUSTRY INNOVATES TO RECOVER FROM COVID-19 AND ANIMAL WELFARE CONTROVERSIES



The Peruvian alpaca-based fabric industry is targeting a robust post-Covid 19 recovery by strengthening its international relationships through strategic alliances. Also, by focusing on innovation, this speciality wool segment is also trying to reverse declines in production and exports worsened by claims of cruelty by alpaca farmers made by USA-based campaign group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).…

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CANADIAN AUTO EXPERTS SAY GOVERNMENTS MUST MAINTAIN AFTER-MARKET SERVICES TO UNDERPIN RURAL EV SALES



CANADIAN auto sales experts have warned that aftermarket supply chains, including parts for repairs, must be guaranteed to boost consumer confidence about buying EVs in this vast unevenly populated country. With rural drivers maybe scores of miles from a repair shop, motorists fearing delays for EV parts to arrive, may be reluctant to switch from combustion engine vehicles, say marketing experts.…

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JAPANESE TECH FIRM DEVELOPS AUGMENTED REALITY KIT THAT MAKES THE DASHBOARD, FRONT WHEELS AND PILLARS DISAPPEAR



In the car of the not-too-distant future, Japanese vehicle technology developer Kyocera Corp believes the dashboard, the engine bay, the front wheels and the front pillars of the vehicle will effectively have disappeared. 

At least from the perspective of the driver and/or passengers when inside the cab.…

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International News Services is southern England ‘Media Company of the Year’

International News Services has won a prestigious business award for southern England – being named Media Company of the Year by the UK’s Southern Enterprise Awards for dynamic small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The agency was one of 5,000 businesses assessed by organiser SME News, Britain’s national publication for groundbreaking and innovative businesses.

SME News has the story about our agency – see Global News Agency Offers Specialist Media Outlets a Window on the World

Also see https://www.sme-news.co.uk/awards/uk-southern-business-awards/

The award panel said:

“20 years established, International News Services clearly owes its longevity and client reach within the industry to its highly experienced multilingual international team of reporters and editors, alongside its honest, upfront and trustworthy approach to its clients across the globe.

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EU LEGISLATORS BACK MANDATORY WINE CALORIE LABELS



Legislators in the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers have voted to insist labels on wine bottles sold in the EU must display the product’s calorie content in kcal (kilocalories – 1,000 calories). The Council text says the purpose of the change is “to provide a higher level of information to consumers”.…

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JORDAN CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS WANT NEW GOVERNMENT TO EASE TAX AND LABOUR DEMANDS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC



Jordanian garment manufacturers are hoping a newly formed government will help the country’s clothing sector rebound from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, calling for exemption from income tax and delaying requirements to increase the number of Jordanian employees.

The new government of Prime Minister Bisher al-Khaswaneh, appointed in October ahead of parliamentary elections this month, has put economic recovery from the pandemic at the centre of its programme, with GDP forecast to drop by some 5% this year, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) figures.…

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