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BANK CUSTOMERS START TO BE ENLISTED IN FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD



CORPORATE and personal banking customers may well feel more than a tad uneasy if their bank suddenly asks them to scan accounts for evidence of fraud but it is happening more and more in America and appears to be paying off.…

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EU PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TO GO FORWARD WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF COUNTRIES



THE ESTABLISHMENT of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) will proceed with a limited number of countries, after 11 of them lodged disagreements about its establishment by an October 28 deadline. The countries which will not sign onto the EPPO are Britain, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden.…

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OLAF SAYS EU AIRPORT RUNWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS RIDDLED WITH CORRUPTION



EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has concluded EU airport runway construction projects maybe riddled with corruption. The conclusion comes in a report it commissioned from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) into EU public procurement. It concluded between 37%–53% of airport runway construction works contracts were probably dirty in some way – the highest proportion in the six sectors it examined.…

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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT COULD BE NEW EU FORENSIC AUDITING TARGET



THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF could have opened the way to a new focus of EU forensic accounting, unveiled a study that claimed in 2010 alone, between Euro EUR1.4 and 2.7 billion was lost to corruption in public procurement tenders within just five sectors in eight EU member states.…

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EUROPE: OECD REPORT EXPOSES SERIOUS EDUCATION GAPS IN EU



A major international survey of education standards has found serious weaknesses in the EU countries when compared to levels in other parts of the world. In spite of the heavy investment in higher education in recent years in the EU, the study suggests that a fifth of the working age population has worrying low literacy and numeracy skills and a quarter of adults lack the digital skills needed to effectively use ICT.…

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UK MEAT BOSS SAYS CONTINUED CONTAMINATION SHOWS WHY EU MEAT INSPECTION NEEDS REFORM



THE DIRECTOR of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has said continued pathogen contamination involving meat traded across Europe underlines the need to fight opposition to European Commission proposals to modernise meat inspection systems.

Stephen Rossides called on meat inspectors not to block future progress: “The current meat inspection system is focused on old risks,” Rossides said.…

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INNOVATION WIDENS SOURCES OF MATERIALS FOR FIBRE MANUFACTURING



Any market and industry benefits from supply diversification, so major textile and clothing companies can take heart from continued innovation amongst fibre and fabric producers over sourcing. This extends, for instance, to sourcing material from unusual places such as milk and fishing nets, while creating more opportunities for traditional sources such as flax.…

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DUTCH DAIRY ASSOCIATION UPSET OVER RUSSIAN QUALITY SLURS



The Dutch Dairy Association (NZO) spokesman yesterday attacked Russian officials for publicly criticising Dutch dairy food standards, without making formal complaints. Spokesperson René van Buitenen told just-food the NZO “expected [the Russians] to inform Dutch authorities soon if they really have serious concerns”, instead of commenting to media.…

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EU FOOD SAFETY NETWORK WARNS OF CONTINUED SALMONELLA MEAT CONTAMINATION



THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) food and feed safety rapid alert network (RASFF) has warned of continued detections of salmonella contamination of imported meat and meat products across Europe. In most instances, consignments were exported from other EU member states. It reported six salmonella meat contamination cases between October 21 and 24 for instance.…

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REPORTS CALLS FOR MORE POLICING IN EU FOOD CONTROLS



THE EUROPEAN Parliament wants to see official controls in the food chain focusing more on fraud prevention and see inspectors act more like policemen in the wake of the horsemeat scandal and other food fraud cases, according to a draft report released today.…

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