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JAPAN’S airport sector has been installing technology designed to ensure it can handle the planned 40 million arrivals in 2020, the year in which Tokyo will host the Olympic Games. This is a significant increase from the 24 million visitors that arrived in Japan in 2016 – the vast majority arriving by air.…

When many people think of wearable technology, they think of hardware devices worn as fashion add-ons and accessories, such as watches, bracelets, eye glasses and headsets. However, as technology continues to advance in areas such as material science and nanotechnology, a new generation of textiles is being created.…

THE GROWING importance of computer apps (applications) in fraud investigation has been highlighted at an expert conference – Forensics Europe Expo, the annual exhibition for the international and digital forensic communities held at the Olympia exhibition centre in London in May.…

The Estonian parliament has approved introducing a special tax on sales sugary drinks that includes dairy products, causing concern within the Baltic state’s food and dairy industry.
Taxable beverages mentioned in the law now include sweet drinkable yogurt, kefir (fermented milk drinks), as well as sweetened soy milk.…

THE RUSSIAN government has declared publicly that it is strengthening its fight against corruption, promising the adoption of new laws fighting graft and expanding the powers of law enforcement agencies.

These measures should cascade from an existing national anti-corruption plan, which was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 20 this year, and which was updated on April 7.…

Open source intelligence (OSINT) is becoming an increasingly attractive tool of choice for lawmakers and other bodies investigating and trying to prevent fraud. With so much data now available online, OSINT’s rich seam of data from newspapers, radio and television, academic papers, government and other public records, and commercial websites can provide exceptionally valuable information, especially when analysed by sophisticated big data analysis software. …

CONCERN has been raised by Indian anti-fraud professionals about the quality of fraud surveys published by major accounting and consultancy firms in their country. Commenting on reports issued by companies such as KPMG, Kroll, E&Y (Ernst & Young) and PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), anti-fraud specialists such as Mayur Joshi, director of Indiaforensic Consultancy Services (ICS) in Pune, Maharashtra, claimed that broad statistical conclusions found in such reports were of limited value to anti-fraud managers.…

Any professional involving in combatting fraud has an array of reports, statistics and research to choose from to help with their work. But what is useful intelligence and what is marketing froth? Fraud Intelligence has reviewed the output of publicly available fraud reports and asked some leading fraud professionals about how they use these reports.…

DAIRY robots might seem like science fiction, but their use has increased dramatically in Europe over the last 20 years. Ireland’s Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre (Teagasc) predicts 20% of cows will be milked automatically by 2020, with other reports citing a 50% rate in northwest Europe by 2025.…

BRAZIL’S beauty and personal care market took a hit in 2016, as the world’s fourth-biggest beauty market struggled to emerge from its worst-ever recession amid political corruption scandals. 

The outlook is for a slow recovery this year, as high unemployment keeps a lid on purchasing power in this market of 207 million people.…