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AML EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS ARE COMPLEX AND UNEVEN TOOLS TO FIGHT DIRTY MONEY FLOWS
THE WIDE diversity of AML laws worldwide can complicate the enforcement of AML/CFT extradition proceedings.
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations 37 and 39 say that governments should be prepared to extradite money launderers (and terrorist financiers) to another country if they both criminalise the underlying predicate offence.…
COMPANIES MUST BEWARE OF CONFLICTING NATIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES WHEN LAUNCHING ANTI-FRAUD PROBES
EMPLOYERS who fear they are being fleeced by a corrupt employee or being hacked externally do not just need to find the attacker, they must comply with data protection and privacy protections while they conduct their investigations. Breaching such laws can undermine any criminal or civil case brought against a fraudster or hacker or can weaken inside dismissal and disciplinary negotiations with the offender.…
RESEARCH PAPER - Gulf States: Biden and Changing Priorities
Ever since President Joe Biden defeated former US President Donald Trump last November (2020), foreign policy experts have been predicting change regarding American foreign policy. This is especially as regards approaches to the Middle East, notably in dealings with the Gulf states.…
HOW CLOTHING FIRMS CAN PREPARE SUPPLY CHAINS FOR THE NEXT CRISIS
FASHION brands and clothing retailers have seen their supply chains struggle under lockdown measures imposed by governments trying to contain Covid-19. The shutdowns, of course, began just in time for 2020’s spring season, causing maximum disruption.
According to consulting firm McKinsey, 2020 was the fashion industry’s worst year on record, with a 90% decline in overall profits and almost three-quarters of registered firms globally making a loss.[1]…
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE CAN PAY DIVIDENDS FOR TEXTILE SECTOR
INTRODUCTION
NEW technology can deliver effective maintenance strategies to clothing and textile manufacturers, helping them go beyond reactive and proactive maintenance, moving into the more sophisticated world of prediction. The goal is to deliver an optimum maintenance strategy that enables manufacturers to get the most value out of their plant and equipment by spending the least amount of time, resources and money to deliver effective performance.…
HYDROCARBON-BASED LUBRICANTS HAVE ROLES TO PLAY IN A DECARBONISING WORLD
Efforts to decarbonise transport and industry may be depressing global oil markets, but they are actually strengthening one key hydrocarbon niche – that of lubricants. Far from making such oils obsolete, the electric vehicles (EV) that are sold in increasing numbers (3.2 million worldwide in 2020 said the EV Volumes database) rely on transmission fluids, which can be made from fossil hydrocarbons.…
LUXEMBOURG COMPANY REGISTER SCRAPE REVEALS CRIMINAL, DEAD AND CHILD OWNERS
The latest probe by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) into publicly accessible data held on Luxembourg’s ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) register – ‘OpenLux’ [1] – has alleged gaps in European Union (EU) requirements as well as the Grand Duchy’s own UBO provisions.…
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NEEDS STEELY DETERMINATION TO MAKE IRAQ SUCCEED
Now Joe Biden has acceded to power in Washington, it is important that his administration gives special attention to Iraq, not the least because many Iraqis blame him for some dismal failures in past America policy. Under former President Barack Obama’s term of office, it was then Vice President Joe Biden who was largely responsible for the policy fudge which saw ISIS take over 40% of the country.…
ISRAEL’S NEVER-ENDING POLITICAL CRISIS
Brief:
The political crisis in Israel is deepening due to sharp disagreements between the leading parties within the national unity coalition government. What are the options facing the main political powers in the country? How did the Israeli political scene become so complicated in the first place?…
THE RECP - HOW THE WORLD’S BIGGEST FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED AND HOW IT WILL CHANGE ASIA
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This article provides an analysis of why the world’s largest regional trade deal (in population terms) – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – was signed last November (2020). It assesses China’s role in this important political and economic event, and how it reflects its relations with other signatory countries.…