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In a competitive judicial system, where the prosecution and defence can probe each other’s positions, fraud expert witnesses can be valuable in securing convictions or acquittals – but legal teams need to be sure their specialists’ testimony is compelling, solid and crucially – does not stray from their expertise.…

The October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, and Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon, have hit the country’s higher educational sector hard, with roughly a quarter of all students, as well as faculty, called up to the armed forces, while budget cuts are expected as more money is allocated to the military.…

Companies and researchers are increasingly offering innovative coatings to help businesses and governments fight climate change, providing insulation, heat reflection and other energy-saving functionalities. These products also aid compliance with burgeoning legislation targeting net zero emissions by 2050 and meet intensifying consumer concern about the impact of climate change.…

The European micro-states of Andorra and San Marino have signed an association agreement with the European Union (EU), which will more tightly integrate these small countries with the EU’s AML/CFT policies, programmes and legislation (1).

Both the Pyrenees principality (in 2011) and the Italian enclave republic (in 2012) had already struck monetary agreements with the EU, which allowed them to use the Euro and involved commitments to adopt “through direct transposition or possibly equivalent actions…implementing the EU legal acts [on] the prevention of money laundering” (2) (3). …

*UAE family-owned businesses still debt shy, says top CFO

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), family-owned businesses contribute up to 70% of GDP, according to the ministry of economy, and continue to be a powerful force in the Gulf region, the ACT Middle East Treasury Summit 2024 was told.…

While historically the Middle East has been known for shipping in new technology from overseas as required, there is growing regional ambition to be an innovation leader, said Youssef Salem, CFO of Abu Dhabi-based ADNOC Drilling – one of the largest companies in the sector.…

Cape Verde’s Atlantic Technical University (Universidade Técnica do Atlântico – UTA) is next month (October 1) opening a new travel industry-focused institute, offering new degrees in tourism management and promotion and civil aviation management.

This new Higher Institute of Aeronautics and Tourism (Instituto Superior de Aeronáutica e Turismo – ISAT) will operate within the public university in premises on the island of Sal, one of the smallest of this archipelago country.…

In a “scary” world that is moving faster, adhesive businesses should assess opportunities to innovate, focusing on their “your sense of timing”, innovation expert Peter Hinssen told participants in the FEICA 2024 European Adhesive & Sealant Conference. Speaking in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, Hinssen, partner at consultancy nexxworks, told members of the Association of the European Adhesive and Sealant Industry (FEICA) companies should not wait until they are at their peak or past it, to reinvent themselves: “That doesn’t work anymore.…

The Mexican textile and clothing industry is hoping the incoming administration of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, who takes office on October 1, will help locally-owned manufacturers combat what they regard as unfair competition from Chinese apparel companies.

The ongoing trade war between the US and China, and the increasing attractiveness of nearshoring to American clothing retailers, has encouraged Chinese apparel manufacturers and traders, including e-commerce platforms, to base themselves in Mexico.…

The shifts and volatility of the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) against USD dollar has remained an important challenge for the Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association and its clothing and textile manufacturing members.

Between July and September this year, the USD1/Ringgit fluctuated significantly, underpinned by both global and domestic factors, with the MYR/USD1 rate moving between July and early August between MYR4.55 and MYR4.69, making profit margin assessments a challenge for imported inputs and overseas sales.…