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BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN
THE NEW International Code for the Security of Ships and Port Facilities, agreed by an International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Diplomatic Conference, held in London, aims at reducing the industry’s exposure to terrorist attacks and resulting damage.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has called on the European Union and its Member States to scale down and harmonise requirements that they are making on businesses to store Internet and e-mail traffic data to help police and intelligence services fight organised crime and terrorists.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GOOD practice guidelines of how to reduce a company’s exposure to HIV/AIDS in the workplace have been released by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank. Its note provides companies with advice on designing and implementing HIV/AIDS prevention and care programmes for employees.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce has warned investors to beware of a new twist on the Nigerian 419 Advance Fee Fraud after a number of fictitious banking websites were discovered to be falsely aligning themselves with legitimate offshore financial institutions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, PHILIP FINE and ALAN OSBORN

THE NEW International Code for the Security of Ships and Port Facilities, agreed by an International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Diplomatic Conference, held in London, aims at reducing the industry’s exposure to terrorist attacks and resulting damage.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has admitted that it has never been able to confidently verify whether North Korea (DPRK) has complied with the Non Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement that seeks to prevent the country using its nuclear power plants to make weapons.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has organised a conference to discuss the consequences of the abolition of quotas under the WTO’s agreement on textile and clothing. This symposium – The Future of Textiles and Clothing Trade after 2005 – will be held in Brussels on May 5-6.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE AMERICAN tobacco unit of cigarette giant Philip Morris has launched civil legal cases against a number of small shop retailers in the USA who it alleges have been selling counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes. The company has instigated 15 lawsuits against 88 retailers after undercover agents for Philip Morris USA purchased cigarettes and then had them tested.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) judges and courts requiring assistance with cases that involve more than one EU Member State will be able to summon help from special international contact points from the New Year, when the details of the new European Judicial Network are posted on the Internet.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce has warned investors to beware of a new twist on the Nigerian 419 Advance Fee Fraud after a number of fictitious banking websites were discovered to be falsely aligning themselves with legitimate offshore financial institutions.…