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CORE-Observatory

Announcement of the Trusted Trader Program Test in the US (on 16.6.2014)

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Summary: This entry deals with a multi-agency initiate in the United States, where the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in collaboration with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has started to test the Trusted Trader program. This can be of high relevance for CORE Risk-cluster, and for those Demos dealing with multi-agency controls. Please note that this entry is a direct copy from the following web-page: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/06/16/2014-13992/announcement-of-trusted-trader-program-test Read more

Review on OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery (CORE1021)

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Summary: The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention establishes legally binding standards to criminalise bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions and provides for a host of related measures that make this effective. It is the first and only international anti-corruption instrument focused on the ‘supply side’ of the bribery transaction. Within the CORE-project, it is relevant at least for WP19, education and training. The full review is presented in CORE1021. Source file at: http://www.oecd.org/daf/anti-bribery/ConvCombatBribery_ENG.pdf

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Export product / commodity maps

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Summary: An interesting web-source for multiple regional maps highlighting the main export products for countries around the world. Can be useful in CORE WP19, for the education and training materials. Source file at: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/business/global-economy/140502/world-commodities-exports-map

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Crime taxonomy

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Summary: This article presents a high-level classification of typical illegal activities in global supply chains, divided into 2+1 main categories: moving in the supply chain; acts against the supply chain; and crime facilitation. Within the CORE-project, this can provide “food for thought” at least in the Risk-cluster, possibly also in the Demo-cluster. Read more