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The European Union and the United States of America have instituted bans on trading in oil originating in Libya. Considered "targeted sanctions" they bans are said to impact upon the regime but to have no significant impact on the wide...
Insolvency: Australian regulator cancels registration of liquidator
It's a nice little earner: do a deal with a debt collection company to be appointed as liquidator or receiver in more than 200 cases where the company acts as petitioning creditor. That's what partners in New South Wales accountants and insolven...
Taxation: UK to reduce top rate income tax
How much tax does a top rate UK taxpayer pay? Shockingly, depending on the method of calculation, he is paying more than 100% of earnings in tax of one kind or another. The UK's Chancellor, a Conservative, wants to reduce that a little. His coal...
Business Crime: senior officer pleads guilty to USD1 m embezzlement
Lisa Sackie, 47, of Solvang, California, has entered a guilty pleas to mail fraud charges arising from her embezzlement of USD1.1 million from Santa Barbara Bay Foods, the U.S. Attorney and FBI say.
Bribery: USA penalties for UK company Diageo
The USA's SEC has fined UK head-quartered drinks company Diageo in relation its accounting relating to to a series of breaches of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
No one should blame the authorities in Norway for the actions of one man, no matter how bad. But the "global community" has made a seri...
Business Crime: Dealing with Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
Dealing with politically exposed persons is already a hot potato and it is set to become hotter as financial institutions and regulators digest t...
Intellectual Property: how going viral changes legal to illegal with parade parody
When the organisers of Singapore's National Day parade wrote a spoof on the...
Taxation: US IRS issues reminder regarding declaration of offshore holdings
Under the heading "Reminder: Report Certain Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts to Treasury by June 30," the USA's Inland Revenue Servi...
Insolvency: internet auction trading company closed by UK authorities
Trade Suites Limited was incorporated on 28 October 2008 and its registered office is at Hill Dene House, Main Street, Staxton, Scarborough. But...
