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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE CHILEAN government has admitted defeat in trying to contain an outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia virus in Atlantic salmon within its country, saying that it was now being found across the country. Following its reported appearance in August 2007, Chile has now informed the Aquatic Animals Commission (of the Office International des Épizooties animal health organisation – OIE) that the "event is unlikely to be contained and is now considered to be endemic."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMEA) and the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have agreed to expand their cooperation to the regulation of advanced-therapy medicines and nanotechnology-derived medicinal products. Building on cooperation they have forged regarding oncology, vaccines, orphan medicines, paediatric medicines, and more recently pharmacovigilance information, the two agencies agreed to cooperate in these new areas at a London meeting on September 30 and October 1.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SO why is salmonella such a cussed bug, able to lay so many people low? Part of the reason, says a new study headed by Professor Gadi Frankel from Imperial College, London, is that these bacteria use stringy appendages to attach themselves to salad leaves and other vegetables, and they hang on tight.…

BY GAVIN BLAIR

EXPLOSIVES screening procedures, like most security measures at international airports in Japan, follow the lead of the United States’ Transportation Security Administration (TSA). However, airport operators are somewhat less than satisfied with the performance of the current generation of certified explosive detection systems (EDS) or explosive trace detection systems (ETD).…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) third money laundering directive should have been transposed into national legislation by December last year across the EU. But some EU member states and professional organisations have found its provisions difficult, particularly the introduction of a risk-based approach to the application of anti money laundering disciplines.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

NO official global body exists to help in assessing the quantity and quality of anti money laundering schools, colleges and consultants throughout the world, but the number must certainly run into the thousands – and by far the majority of them are in the US.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 attacks on the US resulted in a raft of regulations to curb terrorist financing, but seven years on Al Qaeda is still at large, has adapted to the new regulatory environment to raise funds, and morphed into an international terrorist Hydra.…

By Alan Osborn

Three young researchers, from Poland, Slovakia and Britain, were awarded the top prizes in the EU Contest for Young Scientists in Copenhagen on September 25th against competition from national scientific prize-winners from 39 European countries plus Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand and the USA.…

By Monica Dobie

Companies fighting commercial crime are always on the lookout for new resources and tools to deal with the problem. Where better to look than the world’s best universities in the USA? A good example is the University of Maryland’s Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, which is a national and international leader in research into crime and justice.…

By Gavin Blair

Though the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…