Tag: terrorism

A revelatory exposé, Blood Will Flow, examines a devastating terror attack in one of the world’s most remote places. In addition, it exposes the global greed that allowed it to happen. On March 24, 2021, ISIS fighters attacked the small coastal town of Palma in northern Mozambique. Men, equipment and fuel that could have supported a rescue sat just minutes away in one of the world’s largest natural-gas fields.

Businesses have ranked political risks and violence as a top 10 global risk for the past three years, according to our Risk Barometer 2025. This demonstrates that soaring civil unrest and protest activity has become a key concern for companies of all sizes.

Television series like Breaking Bad and Ozark reflect the public’s fascination with money laundering and its criminals. Yet, in reality, laundering is far more sophisticated, dangerous, and far-reaching than the fictional exploits of Walter White or Marty Byrde. Unregulated gambling and financial crime are increasingly interconnected, providing criminals with new avenues to launder illicit funds globally.

Strengthening digital verification methods in financial services is essential to combat fraud, ensure regulatory compliance, and enhance customer trust in today's rapidly evolving digital landscape. Digital onboarding and real-time transactions are key to delivering a slick customer experience for financial services today. However, this open trading world has created gaps for financial criminals, including money launderers, terrorist financiers, and fraudsters, to exploit.

How have the character and technology of war changed in recent times? Why does battlefield victory often fail to result in a sustainable peace? What is the best way to prevent, fight and resolve future conflict? The world is becoming a more dangerous place. Since the fall of Kabul and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US-led liberal international order is giving way to a more chaotic, contested and multipolar world system.

In the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11, FBI Special Agent in Charge Aalia Knox and her team come under intense pressure to locate and arrest the ringleaders. But their targets are survivalists, skilled at melting into the forests of the Pacific Northwest, where they recognise no outside authority, state or federal.

Mitigating contractual disputes by exploring alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and arbitration in resolving supply chain disputes. The mining industry relies heavily on a complex network of suppliers, logistics partners, and transporters to ensure the efficient movement of raw materials.

Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and rising levels of cybercrime are encouraging insurers to revisit their policy wording to exclude certain events. Over the past three years, the world has suffered serious humanitarian and financial losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and catastrophic weather, political unrest and wars in central Africa, Europe and more recently, the Middle East.

Law has been used as an instrument of terror towards indigenous South Africans. After all the terrorism that saw the displacement of the jurisdiction of aboriginal Black South Africans replaced with the jurisdiction of South Africa was ‘legal’.

The South African Government, via the Department of Finance, has announced the implementation of the new General Laws Amendment Act. President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the General Laws (Anti Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism) Amendment Act, 2022.