Of all the dogs that failed to bark when the financial crisis loomed, credit rating agencies (CRAs) were the most notorious. Nicholas Kochan reports on the measures being introduced by global financial centres and regulators to improve their reliability and transparency. Tight regulation for credit ratings agencies (CRAs) is now …
Xavier Rolet, the chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, believes the Armagedon of economic meltdown has probably been avoided. Now is the time to look at the fundamental causes of the crisis, in particular regulation and the costs of trading and clearing. How do you assess the causes and …
Regulators in overdrive When bankers hold meetings to discuss their internal regulations today, it is likely that someone will be at the table, silently making notes. He may not have a name badge or reveal his employer, but he will be treated with deference. For this will be the institution’s …
Slow and inadequate sharing of information between financial intelligence units worldwide is undermining money laundering investigations, said Donald Toon, head of the Economic Crime Command and the Cyber Crime Unit at the National Crime Agency. Toon said new powers contained in the Criminal Finances Bill would make it easier for …
Video evidence can be a powerful tool but banks have yet to acquire the technology to apply it to their anti-fraud systems, according to Facewatch. The company is using facial recognition software to help firms make better use of video and CCTV systems. Banks’ failure to centralise their CCTV systems …
The streets of the UK are paved in gold. Its fields are paved with rich pickings. These illusory images of life in Britain are sold to the citizens of some of China’s more remote parts in an effort to persuade them to part with unimaginably large sums of money. Some …
TINA Tina is a vivacious girl, with a charming habit of swinging her head from side to side, lightly balanced on her long slim neck. She has a smile that suggests innocence, indeed worldly ignorance. How cruel that she should harbour a dark secret. For Tina is not in her …
The subcontracted worker is as much a stakeholder of a corporation as its consumer or its shareholder. The integrity and background of a company’s workers need as much scrutiny as the goods they make. Companies in the food area use many low-paid workers and they are under particular pressure to …
Human trafficking is perpetrated by a carefully organised group of people with specific roles. This ring has been likened to that of a business operation, where communication is tight and hierarchy is defined. At the centre is somebody responsible for managing and organising the whole trafficking process. Other roles include …
Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. Human trafficking is, by definition, the use of violence, threats, coercion or fraud to aid in the recruitment, transportation or harbouring of a person, with the intent of exploiting that person. Human trafficking is a growing global problem and is increasing at …
