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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations (UN) has framed a new anti-corruption convention and its established convention against organised crime is now coming into force. Keith Nuthall examines what this will mean for businesses, banks and governments.

THE COMMERCIAL world is often doubtful about the value of international conventions fighting crime, but their texts do at least reflect a global consensus amongst concerned governments.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations (UN) Convention against Transnational Organised Crime has come into force, imposing a duty on ratifying countries to outlaw membership of an organised criminal group, which it defines legally. So far, said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 48 countries have ratified it, including Monaco, Nigeria, Serbia & Montenegro, Peru, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Philippines, Tajikistan, Albania, France, Argentina, Mexico, Turkey, China, Norway and Afghanistan.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Primate Protection League has welcomed CITES secretary general Willem Wijnstekers’s call for prosecutions over the illegal sale of four young wild gorillas from Nigeria to Malaysia, via South Africa. League chairwoman Shirley McGreal told BBC Wildlife the intervention made court action “more likely,” although she has criticised the case’s handling.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REFORM of the world’s anti-money laundering campaign is continuing apace. Defying critics of its alliance with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, the Financial Action Task Force of the OECD has issued a revised set of its key 40 Recommendations to fight the crime.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOVES to spread the wealth generated by the African oil industry amongst local populations have been debated at the 7th African Oil & Gas, Trade & Finance Conference, in Luanda, Angola. Co-organiser the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) promoted ways of transforming the industry “from its present status as a virtual enclave in which foreign companies absorb most of the gross revenue.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOVES to spread the wealth generated by the African oil industry amongst local populations have been debated at the 7th African Oil & Gas, Trade & Finance Conference, in Luanda, Angola. Co-organiser the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) promoted ways of transforming the industry “from its present status as a virtual enclave in which foreign companies absorb most of the gross revenue.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PHD in rocket science is not required to understand that corruption is a problem worldwide. But such a qualification – and more – would be required to devise an effective plan to fight this financial plague. The United Nations’ (UN) is drafting an international convention on corruption and asked a string of experts to write reports to illuminate some issues.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
The UN Environment Programme says that within five years most African countries will be close to phasing out leaded petrol. Egypt, Libya, Mauritius and Sudan – are already lead-free, to be joined this year by Morocco, Reunion and Tunisia.…

Keith Nuthall
A CRIMINAL group based in the Lebanon is stealing multi-million dollar cargoes, the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has warned. It has reported that the group is running at least two vessels off the eastern Mediterranean, north African, and west African coasts, which they use to divert cargoes from their agreed destination.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
WAY back when….last December….the International Maritime Organisation agreed a compulsory maritime security code for its member countries, covering ships and ports involved in international trade. Governments have to write the code into their laws by December 31 and shipping companies and port authorities are supposed to comply by June 2004.…