The Beat Financial crime targets Oz superannuation AUSTRAC has just released a risk assessment on Australia’s trillion dollar (PDF) superannuation sector. The key findings show that fraud is the overwhelmingly predominant crime, and is often …
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The Beat Jakarta unrest Violence erupted in Jakarta last Friday night resulting in one death (from asthma-related complications) and dozens injured as police attempted to control mass protests. A 150,000 strong rally took to the …
The Beat International tax cooperation high on the agenda Six months after the scandalous Panama Papers leaks, the Republic of Panama has signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, becoming the …
The Beat Where there’s smoke, there’s crime CID Gallup, a Latin American public opinion and market research company, has just released a report detailing an alarming surge in the illicit tobacco trade worldwide (PDF). The …
The Beat It’s all about that face Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy & Technology recently released an investigatory report (PDF) on the growing use of facial recognition systems in law enforcement. Among the key findings …
The Beat Rampant mortgage fraud in Oz A new UBS survey has revealed the extent of ‘systemic’ mortgage fraud across Australia. Of the 1,228 recent homebuyers surveyed, 28% admitted to misrepresenting information on their mortgage …
The Beat Turkey’s coup shockwaves reverberate Almost three months have lapsed since Turkey’s failed 15 July coup d’état and its ramifications are still ongoing. On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş announced that the Turkish …
The Beat Mexican narco-crime surging The latest data released by the Government of President Enrique Peña Nieto indicates that Mexico’s counter-narcotics strategy is stalling amid declining law enforcement results, rising illicit drug production, and increasing …
The Beat Petrobas probe deepens Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the latest high-profile politician facing prosecution for his role in the evolving Petrobas corruption scandal. On Tuesday, Judge Sérgio Moro, a …
The Beat Pre-crime stoppers Technology consulting group Upturn last month released a report examining the use of predictive policing in the US and its ramifications. (Predictive policing utilises sophisticated computer algorithms to interpret crime data …
The Beat The net closes on Panama Papers suspects Tax evading high net wealth Australians will be sweating on ATO investigations into Australians allegedly identified in the Panama Papers. The ATO advises that criminal charges …
Emerging technologies often prompt fanciful and erroneous predictions, such as personal jetpacks, flying cars and even houses made of plastic. Nevertheless it’s difficult to understate the transformative impact that additive manufacturing—where a digital design file …