The majority of the UK’s trade banks have agreed to take part in a new initiative led by a unit of the International Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom (ICCUK) to strengthen the country’s finance industry against the impacts of duplicate… Read More ›

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Whitepaper: ICC UK, Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation and Moneta go
Shutting fraudsters out of trade Digital systems and the smart use of technology solutions present an enormous opportunity to shut fraudsters out of trade and deliver billions of dollars of real-world economic benefit at a national level and trillions of… Read More ›
Trade misinvoicing the most pervasive form of Chinese money laundering says GFI
Trade misinvoicing is possibly the most pervasive form of Chinese money laundering according to a new report published by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) which concludes that China plays an extremely impactful role as a source, transit and demand country in… Read More ›
Pakistan and China agree to a single electronic customs portal to fight TBML
Pakistan’s new national single window customs portal, which allows traders to submit and access all relevant documents relating to a trade via a single electronic gateway, is to integrate with its Chinese counterpart after the customs authorities in the two… Read More ›
Focus on trade in radically overhauled new US strategy for an international fight against corruption
The US will work with international partners as well as domestically to prevent, limit, and respond to corruption and related crimes in a significant overhaul of the way it targets public corruption that includes a clear focus on international trade… Read More ›
Trade misinvoicing in Mexico and Colombia under scrutiny
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has published an analysis of trade misinvoicing in Mexico and Colombia where individuals or entities falsify the quantity, price, and quality of goods to launder money, claim tax incentives, or evade taxes, duties and capital controls…. Read More ›