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PESTICIDES INITIATIVE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST phase of an Africa Stockpiles Programme has been approved by the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) – the initiative aims to eliminate in the continent stockpiles of obsolete pesticides, including persistent organic pollutants (POPs).…
ISO IT SECURITY MANAGEMENT STANDARD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST formal global standard for operating information security management systems has been issued by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). Ted Humphreys, convenor of the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 standard committee said its launch “is a big event in the world of information security”, which would “help organisations plug existing leaks and prevent future threats”.…
MONEYVAL FEATURE MONEY LAUNDERING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CRITICS of European political institutions have sometimes been unkind about the Council of Europe, which has been accused of being a powerless talking shop. And although the Council lacks the power to fine and cajole member governments enjoyed by the European Union (EU) – from which it is completely independent – it has some important roles.…
MONEY LAUNDERING, USA MUTUAL FUNDS, CREDIT UNIONS, PRIVATE BANKS
BY ALAN OSBORN
STANDFIRST
AMERICA’S post 9/11 AML legislation does not only affect the formal banking sector, it controls other savings and investment institutions too, and in different ways. Alan Osborn reports.
MUTUAL FUNDS
ALTHOUGH there have been some complaints, by and large America’s mutual funds have accepted with reasonable grace the anti money laundering legislation brought in by the US government since the September 11 attacks.…
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CORRUPTION STANDINGS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD’S premier anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, has again hailed northern Europe as the region most free of graft, bribes and kickbacks. Such financial crime is rarest in Iceland, says the 2005 corruption rankings from the German group, with Finland and New Zealand tying at second place, Denmark, fourth, Sweden sixth, and Norway eighth.…
GLOBAL TOBACCO ADVERTISING REGULATION FEATURE
BY ALAN OSBORN
ON July 31 this year the European Union’s (EU) Tobacco Advertising Directive came into effect, making it illegal to advertise tobacco products in the print media, radio and over the Internet within the EU. Also banned was tobacco sponsorship of cross-border cultural and sporting events.…
AFRICA PESTICIDE STOCKPILE REMOVAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WELL-FINANCED international programme to remove stocks of obsolete pesticides from Africa has been launched, protecting communities from persistent organic pollutants. The first phase of the Africa Stockpiles Programme (ASP-P1) has now been approved by the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).…
RENEWABLE ENERGY FEATURE - GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY, MARKET DEMAND CONTRAST
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE CLEAR message from the first meeting of the Sustainable Energy Forum in Amsterdam last month (October) was that the higher the price of fossil fuels then the greater the need for national governments to support the introduction of renewable energy sources through subsidies, tax breaks, technical assistance and the like.…
EGYPT PAINT INDUSTRY FEATURE
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE EGYPTIAN paint industry is in a state of flux after the sector was deregulated, with competition increasing both domestically and internationally, and long-term projections hampered by the government’s inability to decide on whether or not to cease subsidising turpentine supplies.…
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL CORRUPTION STANDINGS
Keith Nuthall
A HEALTHY-DOSE of Nordic culture has been prescribed by the world’ premier anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, which has again hailed northern Europe as the region most free of graft, bribes and kickbacks. Such financial crime is rarest in Iceland, says the 2005 corruption rankings from the German group, with Finland and New Zealand tying at second place, Denmark, fourth, Sweden sixth, and Norway eighth.…