“There won’t be enough work to keep all traditional lawyers in practice, because the market will have moved to different ways of solving problems,” says Prof Richard Susskind OBE, President of the Society of Computers & Law in the UK.
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Inside AML: How Australia’s banks joined forces to break open a “cuckoo smurfing” syndicate
Australia’s world-leading Fintel Alliance has secured a major win in the fight against organised financial crime, after teaming up with state police for a “week of action” on cuckoo smurfing.
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Horror in Honduras: The Apocalyptic Alliance — a hidden world of money laundering
In this series of articles, international financial crime expert Robert Mazur explores the risks to financial institutions — and the United States as a whole — presented by the current administration in Honduras.
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12 trade tasks to prioritise in 2021: World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum’s trade community lists 12 almost impossible tasks to tackle in 2021, as part of The Davos Agenda.
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New Zealand’s central bank takes on first major money laundering investigations
New Zealand’s central bank is well advanced in its first major investigations into anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance failures, as it ramps up its financial crime compliance enforcement presence.
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Tranche too hard: Australia edges forward with glacial AML/CTF law reform agenda
Australia has revived its sclerotic anti-money laundering (AML) law reform program with the long-awaited “Phase 1.5” legislation moving through the federal Lower House.
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ICC and Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation: Global Trade in the time of COVID
In the second in our series of interviews with global trade agencies, Virginia Ginnane speaks to Philippe Isler, Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation and Andrew Wilson, Permanent Observer to the UN at the International Chamber of Commerce about the impact of COVID-19 on global trade.
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The Role of Customs in Global Trade Today
As global trade undergoes a significant transformation, Diana Caceres, Senior Tax Research Manager at Thomson Reuters, speaks to Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, about the key challenges that companies face in the international trade environment today.
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Four Scenarios for Unlocking Value in Your Supply Chain
Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) can provide value at many steps of a supply chain strategy. All trade agreements provide benefits or preferences to member firms that non-member companies do not…
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Do you have a hawk-eye view on regulatory changes during COVID-19?
Thomson Reuters has recently launched a unique visual dashboard to show movement in legislation across more than 200 countries. The Tracker covers pandemic-driven changes in more than 300,000 jurisdictions.
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