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Articles by Neal Ysart
Keeping your backyard safe and secure during the holidays
AT the risk of sounding like the Grinch who hit the pause button on everyone's holiday celebrations, let me remind everyone of what else makes this period noteworthy: it is an opportune time for fraudsters and hackers to strike. With everyone busy and focused on parties and reunions, it's easy to drop that wall of vigilance against fraud and cyberattacks, the threat of which can come from within your own backyard.
Corporate gift-giving done right
ONE of the busiest periods for organizations is the yearend holidays due to the volume of corporate gifts that need to be purchased and distributed. While an established practice in many jurisdictions, including the Philippines, corporate gift-giving can be a tricky exercise if concerned parties play fast and loose with the rules or, worse, are not aware of the regulations at all.
Optimizing whistleblowing in a disrupted world
EVERY year around the world, World Whistleblowers' Day is commemorated on June 23 to call attention to the critical role whistleblowers play in combating corruption and to raise awareness about whistleblowing as a deterrent to organizational misconduct. At Deloitte Philippines, we lent our support to this special day by hosting an in-person forum about whistleblowing — the regulations, challenges and best practices related to this critical component of good corporate governance.
New targets for fraudsters
At a press conference earlier this month about building secure digital banking infrastructure, data security experts warned that the use of one-time passwords (OTP) — a staple authentication measure for online banking transactions here in the Philippines — was no longer a reliable safeguard. Sent via text messages, these OTPs can fall into the hands of fraudsters using malware to intercept the message.
Controlling corruption in the construction sector
A recent article published by Global Financial Integrity highlights the problems faced by the Peruvian healthcare system during the Covid-19 pandemic and which, according to the article "was already in crisis due to the lack of adequate infrastructure and equipment, shortage of professionals, and bureaucratic procedures plagued by corruption".
Environmental and wildlife crime - the connection with armed conflict, organised crime and terrorist groups
A recent subcommittee (National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy) hearing at the US House Committee on Financial Services heard testimony from the Illicit Trade Director of Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington, DC-based think tank focused on illicit financial flows, corruption, illicit trade and money laundering.
Risk indicators of the financing of terrorist activities | Lexology
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) recently published a Special Bulletin on Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism (IMVE) profiling terrorist financing activity identified through the analysis of suspicious transaction reports and other sources including academic research and media reports.
China's Belt and Road Initiative - considering criminal risk | Lexology
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime recently published a research report entitled "China’s New Silk Road: Navigating the organized crime risk" examining the convergence of planned infrastructure and trade route development projects as envisioned within China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and established trafficking routes for criminal activities such as drugs, illicit environmental commodities and people.
Supply chain risk comes in many different shapes and forms | Lexology
United Kingdom April 25 2021 Highlighting another not insignificant supply chain risk, the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) Cargo Theft Annual Report estimated that in 2020, theft from supply chains in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region resulted in reported losses of over 172m Euros. That equates to over 1m USD reported lost every other day.
Supply chain risk comes in many different shapes and forms (via Passle)
Highlighting another not insignificant supply chain risk, the Transported Asset Protection Association’s (TAPA) Cargo Theft Annual Report estimated that in 2020, theft from supply chains in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region resulted in reported losses of over 172m Euros. That equates to over 1m USD reported lost every other day.
The risk of being unfamiliar with legal and regulatory requirements | Lexology
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently imposed a penalty ($453,003) on a US based steel manufacturer for violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations. They had imported engineering services from an Iranian company based in Tehran on more than 60 occasions over a 5 year period.
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