CHINA: China cracks down on smuggling with over 5,700 cases investigated

Anti-smuggling departments of customs across China carried out a series of special campaigns targeting smuggling in 2024, investigating more than 5,700 cases, the Ministry of Public Security said.

About 64 percent of these cases were criminal and involved tax evasion, according to the ministry. The departments focused on key goods such as refined oil, cigarettes and frozen marine products.

As part of these efforts, customs in Fuzhou, Fujian province, cracked a major case of refined oil smuggling.

16 August 2024

CRYPTO: Binance registers as ‘reporting entity’ in India after $2.25 million fine

Binance has registered as a “reporting entity” with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), allowing the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange to operate in India after being blocked since

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21 January 2025

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen Singapore ranked Tier 1 for fourth consecutive year by The Legal 500

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Tuesday 21 January, 2025. Carey Olsen Singapore has been ranked Tier 1 for the fourth consecutive year in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide, since the offshore law category

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19 April 2024

UK: Regulators set sights on hedge funds after UK pension crisis

Britain’s markets watchdog is working with overseas regulators to look at other stresses in the global financial system, such as leveraged hedge funds, its chief executive said on Wednesday, following

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14 February 2025

EU: EU says it will retaliate immediately if Trump imposes new tariffs

Europe will not hesitate to retaliate if Donald Trump imposes any new tariffs, the European Commission and EU national leaders have said, after the US president announced another escalation of his aggressive

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