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INDIA FEATURE - HAWALA, BRIBERY, CORRUPTION, CASH-FOR-PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
INDIA’S opening-up as a free market economy, along with the adoption of new technology, reformed laws, and the presence of vigilant media are curbing many commercial crimes in the world’s largest democracy, but criminals still find ways to make a dishonest Rupee.…
ALTERNATIVE REMITTANCE SYSTEMS MONEY LAUNDERING - INDIA - TERRORIST FINANCE CONCERN
BY ALAN OSBORN
ONLY comparatively recently have the world’s anti money laundering agencies come to grips with alternative remittance systems (ARS) and even today the scale of the systems and the degree of infiltration by criminals is still not fully known.…
INDIA FEATURE - HAWALA, BRIBERY, CORRUPTION, CASH-FOR-PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
INDIA’S opening-up as a free market economy, along with the adoption of new technology, reformed laws, and the presence of vigilant media are curbing many commercial crimes in the world’s largest democracy, but criminals still find ways to make a dishonest Rupee.…
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS REGISTER WTO NEGOTIATIONS FAILURE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is not often that participants in international negotiations admit that they have failed, but such an admission has come from diplomats involved in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on creating a register for wine and spirit geographical designations.…
SOUTH ASIA CIVIL AVIATION BOTTLENECKS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has warned “bottlenecks in Indian and Pakistan airspace” are being caused by “route and level restrictions and limitations within the Kabul FIR”, in Afghanistan. The problem has caused traffic intended for the Kabul-controlled area to be diverted via Iran.…
UN OIL FOR FOOD REPORT IRAQ SADDAM HUSSEIN KICKBACKS - STEEL, ALUMINIUM, COPPER SUPPLIERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FERROUS and non-ferrous metal companies paid together millions of dollars in kickbacks to the toppled Saddam Hussein regime, the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Iraq Oil for Food programme scandal has claimed. More than 150 suppliers of ferrous metal products ranging from carbon steel plates, steel coil, steel joists, galvanised steel cores, steel bars, steel pipes, fabricated steel and others are named in the report, as are around 50 suppliers of aluminium, copper and lead.…
LEATHER RAW MATERIALS SECTION - EU MARKET REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DETAILS of restrictions imposed on exports to European buyers of leather raw materials have been highlighted in the detailed European Union (EU) market report. It identifies India, China, the US, Pakistan and Russia as “very important markets” for the supply of leather raw materials, whilst Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa, Malaysia and Brazil are labelled as “important suppliers (mainly by tanners)”.…
EU LEATHER GLOBAL MARKET REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STEEP decline in sales of European Union (EU) finished leather to its number one market, the United States, has been highlighted by a comprehensive report on the global leather (and textile) market written for the European Commission.…
TSUNAMI WARNING
BY ALAN OSBORN
INSURERS should have a much clearer idea of the risks involved in extending cover to the areas hit by the tsunami at the end of last year following agreement by 23 Indian Ocean nations to share data and set up seven regional warning centres.…
ASIA/PACIFIC GROUP ON MONEY LAUNDERING
BY MATTHEW BRACE
FIGHTING money laundering is about getting your hands dirty. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may pronounce global standards that it would like jurisdictions to follow, but all governments need help, and often regional bodies are better placed to do the detailed work than more remote global organisations.…