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EUROPOL GIVES INSIGHT INTO CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGICAL AND ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE IN ORGANISED CRIME



BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPOL’s Organised Crime Threat Assessments have not always contained a wealth of detailed useful information – but its 2009 report shows how crime groups are adopting innovative technology and organisational skills: international business should take note. Keith Nuthall reports.…

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TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - EGYPT, TUNISIA, SYRIA AND IRAN



BY PAUL COCHRANE

EGYPT

Eastern Tobacco Company

450 Al Ahram Street, Giza

Tel : +20-18-5724711- 5724332 – 5724945

+20-23-5793326

www.easternegypt.com

British American Tobacco Egypt

City Stars Complex

Star Capital – Tower 4A

Omar Ebn El Khattab Street

Postal Code 11771

Heliopolis, Cairo

T: (+20) 2 480 1080

Japan Tobacco International (Regional)

2nd Floor, Lophitis Business Centre

249, 28th October Street & Emiliou Hourmouziou Corner

CY-3035, Lemesos

P.O.…

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DEMAND FOR BAN ON SOUTH ASIAN COTTON EXPORTS



BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

AN INDIAN textile mills federation is demanding an immediate ban on cotton exports as weak production in the country is leading to a "grave situation" for industry supplies. The Southern India Mill Association says a delayed monsoon and heavy floods in many cotton growing areas may lead to a 10% lower output in the world’s second largest producer of cotton.…

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BRUSSELS LAUNCHES ANTI-DUMPING PROBE INTO PET IMPORTS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has confirmed that it has launched an anti-dumping investigation into alleged cut-priced exports to the European Union (EU) of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

A spokesman for the Commission’s trade directorate general said officials started probing the problem last Thursday (Sept 3) – it could lead to punishing anti-dumping duties being imposed by the EU on these products.…

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PAKISTAN TOBACCO DEMAND INCREASES, DESPITE BOOMING BLACK MARKET AND TIGHTENING REGULATION



BY SAEED AKHTAR BALOCH

PAKISTAN’S tobacco industry, despite unfavourable circumstances such as the devaluation of its local currency the Pakistani Rupee (PKR), an unstable political situation, law and order problems, and the trade of counterfeit and smuggled brands of cigarettes, has fared well and grown at an average rate of 3% over the last five years.…

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EL NINO NOT EXPECTED TO HIT ROBUST INDONESIAN AND MALAYSIAN PALM OIL SECTORS



BY WILL ROBERTSON, MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL

THE ROBUST nature of the southeast Asian palm oil industry has been illustrated by the way the market has remained strong despite both the global recession and the arrival of weather phenomenon El Nino this year and its attendant drought conditions.…

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GUINNESS RECORD BREAKING INSPIRES MASSIVE SOUTH ASIAN TREE PLANTINGS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

CONTESTS between India and Pakistan to set the Guinness World Record for hand-planting trees in one day is leading to millions of trees being planted in a region where deforestation has been a serious problem.

The efforts are being noted by the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) ‘Billion Tree Campaign’ which has a target of planting 7 billion trees worldwide by this December.…

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CHINESE SHOE COUNTERFEITERS DOMINATE EUROPEAN BLACK MARKET



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THERE has been an increase in the proportion of counterfeit shoes seized in Europe made in China – up to 93.4% of all seizures in 2008 – the European Commission has revealed. This was up from 79.6% the previous year.…

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PAKISTAN STRUGGLES THROUGH ADVERSITY TO DEVELOP ITS OIL AND GAS RESOURCES



BY SAEED AKHTAR BALOCH and KEITH NUTHALL

IT is simple: when a country has political and civil turmoil, fighting a small civil war, hydrocarbon production will suffer. Indeed Pakistan’s oil and gas industry is not doing well, with oil and gas production already declining in 2008.…

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BANGLADESH KNITWEAR SECTOR REMAINS STRONG DESPITE GLOBAL RECESSION'S CONTINUED PRESSURE



BY MARK GODFREY

WITH the global recession raging across most of the world, Bangladesh’s knitwear sector is maintaining a strong commercial position and looks better geared to survive the economic downturn than some of its regional competitors. Orders have only dipped marginally say local knitwear producers.…

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