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Counter Proliferation Financing (CPF) is becoming an increasingly important third goal of international policies and programmes designed to attack and reduce illicit financial movements. With concerns about the development of nuclear weapons by sanctioned regimes in North Korea and Iran growing, governments have been focusing on how to implement Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidance on CPF, which has been deepening since the global anti-money laundering and terror finance body in 2020 amended FATF Recommendation 1 and its Interpretive Note to require countries and entities to identify, assess, understand and mitigate their PF risks.…

The Brazilian textile sector has been increasing investment in digital printing, modernising its finishing to boost international competitiveness to offer near-sourcing services to American and European clients as western buyers review their China sourcing.

India-based business intelligence service Infinium Global Research, in a report sent to Digital Textile, said the Brazilian digital textile printing market was worth USD28.37 million in 2022, projected to rise to USD75.25 million by 2030.…

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to better detect fraud during audits has been welcomed by anti-fraud professionals, major accounting practices, IT vendors and researchers, but experts also warn that AI needs be used carefully, especially regarding false positives.

An Association of International Certified Professional Accountants blog released in July 2022, cited a Maryland, USA, auditor Samantha Bowling, many of whose clients are non-profits guarding their reputation for probity.…

A new national mandatory recycling regime announced last November (2022) (1) being introduced by Ireland’s government has local breweries shying away from canned beer formats.

“We wouldn’t consider cans now because the DRS [deposit return scheme] scheme is punitive in its execution,” said Richard Siberry, founder, GM and head brewer of Roscommon-based Black Donkey Brewing, a craft brewer with nationwide sales.…

Auto major Stellantis is building a major EV clutch transmission operation at its 2 million square meters Italian production plant – the historic former Fiat Mirafiori factory, in Turin – which will make 600,000 devices annually 

Mirafiori will make electrified dual-clutch transmissions (eDCT) for hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric models sold across Europe from H2 2024 at Mirafiori – also the site of a new recycling plant as Stellantis shifts towards a circular economy model.   …

A new Central University Library of Mali, serving higher education institutions across this Sahel and Sahara country, will house thousands of ancient Islamic texts, including some removed from Timbuktu in 2013, to save them from destruction at the hands of Islamist militants.…

Harvard University has launched a data map highlighting mismatches and matches across the USA between higher education graduates and job opportunities, to help encourage career-relevant HE investment.

The College-to-Jobs Initiative was developed with the support of market data company Lightcast and financial service Capital One.…

The highly versatile material graphene is becoming increasingly popular in a variety of health and safety uses in nonwoven products, despite calls for further research to be conducted to assess its long-term impact on toxicity in humans and the environment.

Demand for graphene’s powerful antimicrobial and filtration qualities grew sharply during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially for incorporation in nonwoven masks.…

Greece’s dairy market and industry has been struggling to deal with major inflation impacting the sector, with an annual year-on-year increase of 23.1% in March (2023) for dairy and eggs, with 25.2% in February, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).…

The UK’s Fraud Advisory Panel (FAP) has warned that British government failures to monitor and fight public housing tenancy fraud means 76% of such scams go undetected in England, costing more than GBP500 million (USD619 million) in unnecessary social housing spending during 2019-20.…