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DUTCH CARIBBEAN UNDER SPOTLIGHT OVER MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROL WEAKNESSES
THE DUTCH Caribbean continues to have a weak reputation for fighting money laundering, and to a lesser extent terror financing, with the US 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) highlighting weaknesses in its three autonomous jurisdictions. See https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268024.pdf
Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten are ‘countries’ within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with their own prime ministers, while less populous islands Bonaire, St Eustatius (Statia) and Saba are municipalities, with fewer powers vested in their island councils, and the Dutch government being responsible for enforcing international anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) norms.…
SRI LANKAN KNITWEAR SECTOR CONFIDENT IT WILL RIDE OUT CURRENT POLITICAL CRISIS
SRI LANKA’S knitwear industry is insisting that despite the country’s current political turmoil over who should lead its government, its business is operating smoothly, noting that it had managed to maintain commerce during the country’s 26 years-long civil war that ended in 2009.…
BLOCKCHAIN TECH OFFERS KNITWEAR SECTOR CHANCE TO BOOST MUCH NEEDED SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY
AS DIGITALISATION takes over supply chains, disruptive technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence are revolutionising industries globally – and the knitwear industry is no exception. Indeed, the launch of the world’s first system tracking and tracing knitwear with blockchain technology, launched in May 2017, has stirred the industry’s interest, experts behind the project say.…
CHINA’S TRADE WAR WITH AMERICA COULD ACCELERATE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURING GROWTH IN AFRICA
AFRICAN garment and textile manufacturers have a long way to go to increase capacity, develop the supply chain and diversify overall production away from North Africa, an industry conference staged in Cairo has been told. But while north Africa accounts for more than USD10 billion out the continent’s USD13.54 billion in clothing and textile exports (during 2016, according to international trade data), the much discussed potential of Africa as the world’s next sourcing hub is starting to materialise.…
CHINA’S TRADE WAR WITH AMERICA COULD ACCELERATE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURING GROWTH IN AFRICA
AFRICAN garment and textile manufacturers have a long way to go to increase capacity, develop the supply chain and diversify overall production away from North Africa, an industry conference staged in Cairo has been told. But while north Africa accounts for more than USD10 billion out the continent’s USD13.54 billion in clothing and textile exports (during 2016, according to international trade data), the much discussed potential of Africa as the world’s next sourcing hub is starting to materialise.…
ICAO BUDDY SYSTEM HELPS EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR CORSIA
A BUDDY training system has been launched by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), enabling countries with significant regulatory capacity to help other states prepare for the upcoming CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) scheme. ICAO has been training national officials to advise on ensuring CORSIA’s legal requirements are written into local laws and also on building the emissions data monitoring, reporting and verification systems they need to measure their airlines’ carbon footprint.…
DIGITAL CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR TECHNOLOGIES EMERGE IN EGYPT AND SOUTH AFRICA – BUT WILL THE REST OF AFRICA FOLLOW SUIT?
DIGITAL production technologies could help African manufacturers pick up business lost by Chinese rivals because of the trade war in the USA, with brands looking to take advantage of the free trade agreements that many African countries have with the USA and Europe.…
ICAO AND EUROCONTROL PLOT DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL SEARCH AND RESCUE DATABASE FOR PLANES MISSING IN INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is working with European ATC organisation Eurocontrol to design a globally accessible repository of urgent messages and related situational data showing emergency services the location of a plane at risk of crashing. This system would, if the project is successful, come on line as a prototype by February 2020, and be operational by the January 2021 enforcement of a second tranche of air navigation reporting requirements, designed to prevent a recurrence of tragedies such as the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370.…
DEMAND FOR ANTI-FRAUD SURVEILLANCE GROWS, WITH NEW TECH FUELLING CONTRACTS
With different forms of fraud skyrocketing, demand for surveillance is not only growing but becoming more diverse, with companies offering services ranging from old-fashioned stakeouts to high-tech detection. A Market Guide for Online Fraud Detection, released in January (2018) by research and advisory firm Gartner Inc, forecasts that the fraud detection and prevention marketplace is expected to grow significantly by 2022.…
TEXTILE FINISHING CHEMICALS PART OF REVISED EU SAFETY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released updated plans to assess the safety of chemicals, including those used in textile finishing, through its Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) system for 2019-2021, with 96 chemicals being identified for investigation. These are subjected to studies by European Union (EU) member states, and should their experts conclude there is cause for concern about a chemical’ impact on human and environmental health, proposed EU controls may follow.…