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BY ALAN OSBORN

IN line with the growing recognition in the 1980s of anti-money laundering campaigns as a weapon against terrorism and increased knowledge global drug supply routes, (implicating a number of Latin American countries), governments of the western hemisphere concluded that greater formal co-operation was necessary in fighting dirty money.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

IN line with the growing recognition in the 1980s of anti-money laundering campaigns as a weapon against terrorism and increased knowledge global drug supply routes, (implicating a number of Latin American countries), governments of the western hemisphere concluded that greater formal co-operation was necessary in fighting dirty money.…

BY WESLEY GIBBINGS, in Port of Spain, Trinidad

WITH its multiple small jurisdictions, offshore tax havens and proximity to both drug producing countries in Latin America and the United States, the Caribbean has always been a focus of global anti-money laundering efforts.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

THE LATEST available figures, released yesterday (15-2) by Statistics Canada, have indicated that Canada’s trade surplus in beer with the United States has expanded significantly in recent years. In 2003, Canada’s trade surplus in beer with the United States stood at CDN$265 million (US$228 million), CDN$43 million higher than in 1999.…

BY LUCY JONES

A new kind of executive is cutting an impression in the traditionally male-dominated brewery boardrooms. They are dedicated, tough and often young – and being female, a rare breed in the drinks environment.

As the beer business expands and perceptions change, women are increasingly rising to the top of the industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE COMPLIANCE Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) of the World Bank group has accused the international organisation’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of failing to ensure a Congo mining project’s security could not endanger local citizens. The ombudsman ruled in an investigation into assistance provided by Canada’s Anvil Mining in 2004 to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) army’s retaking from rebels a town used to ship copper and silver from its Dikulushi mine, in the southern DRC.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

QUÉBEC, Canada, alcohol monopoly retailer, the Société des Alcools du Québec has admitted that two ex-vice-presidents were involved in a price-fixing and kickback scheme, although they did not profit personally. An investigation by accounting firm KPMG, found Laurent Meriaux and Alain Proteau attempted to incite some European suppliers to raise wholesale prices to maintain high retail prices and avoid a drop in revenue because of a 14% decrease in the Euro’s value.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

NORTH America’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), helped by the US, Canada and Mexico governments has released a detailed report claiming that removing lead from petrol has reduced lead levels in children’s blood in all three countries.*

http://www.cec.org/files/pdf/POLLUTANTS/CEH-Indicators-fin_en.pdf…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE MULTILATERAL Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), of the World Bank, is to review its compliance procedures regarding the social impact of projects it supports, following a critical report from the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) of the World Bank group about a Congo mine.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney

FOR devotees of Captain Kirk, Dr Spock and the original Star Trek crew, the thrilling world of nanotechnology could sound vaguely familiar. It offers the 21st century a swathe of new products and services, from dirt-repelling cars to ‘thinking’ materials that can change colour automatically.…