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EUROPEAN Union (EU) heads of states and governments have urged their ministers to agree important pieces of draft EU legislation that could potentially curb tax evasion in the bloc.

Meeting during a European Council meeting in Brussels last week (May 22), leaders were under pressure to act from media reports revealing how much untaxed incomes politicians, companies and rich business owners have stashed in tax havens.…

CUBA turned tobacco enthusiasts’ and international observers’ heads earlier this month when it filed its first ever complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Australia’s tough tobacco plain-paper packaging restrictions.

The communist Caribbean island joined the Dominican Republic, Honduras and Ukraine in challenging Australia’s 2012 law which requires all tobacco products be placed in generic packages featuring graphic health warnings, but not brand logos.…

THE UNITED States might be a relatively new country, but it has not been keen on changing the borders of its constituent states, counties and cities. The result is sometimes an administrative hotchpotch, with political and administrative boundaries set in the 1700s and 1800s bisecting urban communities in an almost arbitrary way.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) restrictions could be imposed in future on three chemicals used in the EU paints and coatings sector, with member states agreeing that they may be carcinogenic, mutagenic or harmful to reproduction. Toluene, ethylene oxide and tributyl phosphate (TBP) have been assessed under the EU’s ‘community rolling action plan’ (CoRAP) programme (NAME IS CORRECT), which is part of Europe’s chemical control system REACH.…

DESPITE the presence of anti-fraud legislation, fraud and corruption are an everyday part of life throughout South America, where fraudsters are unlikely to be convicted, let alone penalised.

“Penalties don’t really have an effect on fraudsters,” said Fernando Gamiz, an analyst at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), with over 20 years of experience working on South American fraud.…

The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), a technical agency of the Organisation of American States (OAS), is playing an increasingly influential role in the Americas in terms of fighting drug-trade linked money laundering. Specifically, CICAD has a central role in the unfolding of the Hemispheric Plan of Action on Drugs 2011-2015 which was adopted by the OAS in 2011, and includes key anti-money launderingAML components.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced a series of three-year spending programmes helping meat producers from around the European Union (EU) sell their products at home and abroad. The money funds “public relations, promotional or publicity campaigns” said Brussels, with spending being augmented by matching funding sourced from industry groups and national governments.…

IT is a long way from China, east Asia and south Asia to the key developed world markets or Europe and America. And with fashion being so dynamic, demand for a line could have dampened in the months between placing an order and receiving delivery.…

THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has made a lot of noise about its anti-bribery convention. But some countries are failing to comply, and where others do – otherwise honest companies can lose trade. David Hayhurst and Keith Nuthall report.…

Given their rapid evolution over recent years, it is difficult to predict where ERP and PLM will be a few years from now. Global giants such as Siemens, SAP and Oracle are likely to continue their dominance of the overall ERP and PLM markets, but there is a possibility they will lose increasing market share to specialist solution providers for the apparel industry.…