Details Monday, 14 April 2014 12:55 The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has warned of new charter party fraud incidents and is advising that all counterparties be investigated before deals are carried out. The warning comes after a case where a voyage charterer received payment for freight but failed to pass this on to the […]
Experts are urging businesses and organisations to report incidents of cybercrime. They warn that failure to do so creates a significant risk to their own operations as well as to the global business In its 2014 Global Economic Crime Survey completed by 5,128 respondents, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) notes the continuing impact of cybercrime on businesses, with […]
Details Wednesday, 26 March 2014 14:28 There are fears that shipowners are facing new dangers from criminal gangs making spurious oil fraud claims. The ‘victims’/fraudsters try to extort money from owners by bringing action against them for failing to deliver cargoes of oil they allegedly own. Such scams were previously confined to West Africa but […]
Details Friday, 07 March 2014 15:36 The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is asking ships to be extra vigilant when transiting West Africa as piracy in the region becomes a growing concern. IMB’s Live Piracy Map shows that since the beginning of the year, one vessel, MT Kerala, has been hijacked and six were boarded […]
Details Friday, 21 February 2014 14:40 There is growing support among some within the European parliament for the creation of a European Union-wide public register of companies’ beneficial ownership to tackle money laundering. The push from several officials and members of parliament comes as the fourth anti-money laundering (AML) directive is currently being debated in […]
Details Friday, 07 February 2014 14:11 A recent study has revealed that consumer brands, including those selling luxury goods, are being targeted by fraudsters who use social media to lure customers into buying fake products online. Investigation by a publication called Marketing Week has shown that illegal websites are now using social media platforms such […]
Details Friday, 31 January 2014 07:23 The difficulty of making a connection between asset recovery and money laundering was one of the topics discussed at the 3rd Seminar for International Fraud, Recovery of Assets and Transnational Cooperation for Insolvency in São Paulo held in Brazil. However, delegates were told this has now improved ever since a […]
Details Wednesday, 15 January 2014 07:00 Piracy at sea has reached its lowest levels in six years, with 264 attacks recorded worldwide in 2013, a 40% drop since Somali piracy peaked in 2011, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) revealed today. 15 incidents were reported off Somalia in 2013, down from […]
Details Thursday, 17 October 2013 07:00 The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy on the world’s seas is at its lowest third-quarter level since 2006, but warns of the threat of continuing violent attacks off the East and West coasts of Africa. The latest IMB Piracy Report, published today, […]
Details Friday, 27 September 2013 07:41 ICC Fraudnet invites you to join the brightest minds and leading innovators in international asset recovery November 7 and 8 2013 in São Paulo, Brazil at the Third Annual Conference on Fraud, Asset Recovery & Cross Border Insolvency Cooperation, sponsored by ICC FraudNet and Schools of Public Attorneys and Magistrates of São Paulo. […]