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CYBER ATTACKS: HOW PREPARED ARE ORGANISATIONS TO DEAL WITH THE THREAT?
Businesses and government agencies continue to face a barrage of attacks from cyber-criminals, which have continued unabated in the past year, keeping up the pressure of frauds and hacks that have increased since Covid-19 spread worldwide in March 2020.
Organisations around the world faced more cyberattacks than ever before in 2021, say some data collectors.…
BREXIT INCREASES COST AND COMPLEXITY FOR FOOD BUSINESSES, SAY EXPERTS
AS the one-year anniversary (January 31, 2022) (WRONG) following the end of UK commitments to follow European Union (EU) law and treaties has just passed, food and drink companies have little positive to say about the extra red tape that has followed.…
EU ADDS PROSECUTORIAL MUSCLE TO ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS – IT MAY REDUCE CRIMEEU ADDS PROSECUTORIAL MUSCLE TO ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS – IT MAY REDUCE CRIME
The complexity of the European Union (EU) and its institutions has long a honeypot for fraudsters, but 2021 saw an unprecedented increase in EU anti-crime capacity building. Will this deliver results? There is evidence it may. Keith Nuthall reports.
If the EU’s anti-fraud unit OLAF is to be believed, financial scams impacting EU expenditure and revenue generation are already on the decline.…
HALOODIES SET TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC WITH GLOBAL EXPANSION PLANS
London-based Haloodies (https://haloodies.com/), which claims to be “one of the UK’s most trusted suppliers of Halal meats”, has fought against challenges posted by the Covid-19 outbreak and Brexit though expanding its online sales and reshoring production to Britain. Now, its co-founder and CEO says the company is ready to tap global markets.…
MALAYSIA LEADS IN THE STANDARDIZATION OF HALAL MEDICAL DEVICES
Malaysia is expected to launch in January a detailed (although voluntary) halal certification for medical devices in an innovative regulatory move, making the country a world leader in this segment.
Its government published a halal medical device standard in September 2019, known as MS2636, but the halal division of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (JAKIM) agency has since been enhancing “their online system” and staff, since the new “scheme for halal medical devices must comply with other requirements”, Johari Ab Latiff, senior assistant director at JAKIM’s Malaysia Halal Council Secretariat, told Salaam Gateway.…
UK HALAL FOOD INDUSTRY BEING DISRUPTED BY BREXIT
BRITAIN’S halal food market maybe growing, but the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) in January 2020 has been impeding the sale, production and export of such products, and the regulatory headaches may get worse in future.
Speaking to Salaam Gateway, Rizvan Khalid, managing director, of Euro Quality Lambs, a major England-based producer and exporter of halal sheepmeat, said trade red tape imposed since the UK quit the EU has imposed GBP500,000 of annual regulatory costs on his business.…
IRELAND’S MEDTECH SECTOR GROWS, WITH GOVERNMENT OFFERING WIDESPREAD SUPPORTS
Ireland’s burgeoning medtech sector has supported changes in the latest Irish government budget, announced on October 12, which could boost investment and start-ups in this globally important Irish industry. The Fianna Fail-Fine Gail-Green coalition unveiled reforms to the country’s Employment Investment Incentive (EII) scheme, which grants tax exemptions to investors in industries such as medtech.…
TEXTILE COATINGS - DEEP DIVE ARTICLE
INTRODUCTION
Think of finishing and some consumers may conclude that integrating chemicals with or within fibres will always be the most effective way to create a performance or protective textile. But the reality is that applying coatings to textiles and yarns is anything but superficial as a finishing technique.…
FINANCIAL CRIME IS MAJOR RISK FOR TEXTILE AND CLOTHING SECTOR – GAINING INSIGHT CAN HEAD OFF MAJOR LOSSES
INTRODUCTION
Financial crime is a minefield for the international textile and clothing industry. With extended international supply chains extending into jurisdictions where the rule of law and a reliable independent judiciary may have a weak hold, if they exist at all, textile and clothing brands and manufacturers must take care.…
WHEN IS A LOBBYING SCANDAL REALLY CORRUPTION?
The question of when and whether lobbying is ethically questionable or even a criminal bribe is a complex issue, with rules varying according to jurisdictions. Often, actions that are politically embarrassing, are definitely not bribes, or indeed unlawful in anyway. For example, on September 15, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney survived a no-confidence vote in the Dáil Éireann over his handling of the appointment of former minister for children Katherine Zappone as his country’s ‘Special Envoy to the UN on Freedom of Opinion and Expression’.…