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FINANCIAL CRIME IS MAJOR RISK FOR TEXTILE AND CLOTHING SECTOR – GAINING INSIGHT CAN HEAD OFF MAJOR LOSSES



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Financial crime is a minefield for the international textile and clothing industry. With extended international supply chains extending into jurisdictions where the rule of law and a reliable independent judiciary may have a weak hold, if they exist at all, textile and clothing brands and manufacturers must take care.…

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CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SUPPLY CHAIN DIGITISATION – DEEP DIVE



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Without doubt, the world’s clothing and textile sector is undertaking a technical upgrade that is unprecedented in decades, with new digital systems offering automation and efficient internal controls. As these are worked into the businesses of brands, manufacturers and their suppliers, a new potential emerges, and that is linking these digital systems in a way that could revolutionise efficiencies within the supply chain.…

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KENYA’S PAINT SECTOR FIGHTS OF COVID-19 AND SCANS GROWING MARKET FOR OPPORTUNITIES



Demand for paints and coatings in Kenya is set to recover this year from the impact of Covid-19 epidemic, being driven by the rebound of building construction and other civil engineering works that require use of paints, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has predicted.…

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HOME TEXTILE MANUFACTURING CHARTING NEW PATHS WITH ALL-OUT DIGITISATION



The home textile sector is a strong growth segment for digital investments within the industry and the amount of innovation indicates this expansion has some way to go. There are good reasons why this segment is well suited to digitalisation. One is the rectangular form of most bed sheets, curtains and tablecloths – which aids fully automated cutting and sewing.…

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UNITED STATES EDIBLE OILS SECTOR FACES MAJOR SHAKE-UP THROUGH RENEWABLE DIESEL



 

An anticipated surge in supply and demand for renewable diesel, fuel that is chemically identical to its fossil fuel predecessor, is likely to cause major disruption to the American vegetable oil market and industry, notably soy.

With the US government and certain states regarding renewable diesel as a swift way to further reduce carbon emissions and meet Paris agreement climate change targets, the prospects for major additional purchases of soybeans within the American domestic market are very real.…

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RESEARCHERS VALUE ML BY PREDICATE OFFENCE – BUT DATA IS JUST ONE FACED OF RISK-BASED APPROACH



While the estimation of sources of laundered money is made imprecise by its inherent covert nature, the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) has estimated that the amount of criminal proceeds processed annually is 2%-5% of global GDP, or USD800 billion to USD2 trillion.…

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ANTI-FRAUD INVESTIGATION TECH DEVELOPS APACE – BUT IT SHOULD AID RATHER THAN REPLACE FACE-TO-FACE QUESTIONING, SAY EXPERTS



With electronic communication methods proliferating, as machine learning and artificial intelligence systems develop fast, the potential for using technology to detect deception and lies is growing. But interrogation experts maintain that the most effective way of detecting lies and deceit remains a combination of face-to-face interviews, backed up with analysis that can help them assess the resulting exchange.…

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ANTI-FRAUD INVESTIGATION TECH DEVELOPS APACE – BUT IT SHOULD AID RATHER THAN REPLACE FACE-TO-FACE QUESTIONING, SAY EXPERTS



With electronic communication methods proliferating, as machine learning and artificial intelligence systems develop fast, the potential for using technology to detect deception and lies is growing. But interrogation experts maintain that the most effective way of detecting lies and deceit remains a combination of face-to-face interviews, backed up with analysis that can help them assess the resulting exchange.…

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REGULATION OF TRANSPORT OF BIO-BASED OILS AND FATS BY SEE GETS MORE COMPLEX – BUT COMMERCIAL REWARDS REMAIN HIGH



THE TRANSPORT of edible oils and fats by sea is not just big business – it has become increasingly regulated under international convention and controlled by industry standards, with a view to improving efficiencies and reducing the risk of pollution and contamination.…

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UK FRAUD LOSSES ALREADY HIT GBP1.3 BILLION IN 2021



UK fraud victims have already reported losses of GBP1.3 billion (USD1.8 billion) between January 1 and July 31 this year, the equivalent to the whole of 2020, according to newly published data (1) from Britain’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau. In the first seven months of 2021 there were 289,437 reports of fraud, including cybercrime, compared to 39,160, with reported losses of GBP414.7 million, in the same period last year and 216,166 fraud reports for 2020.…

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