ABM's crime and investigation blog » UK Bribery Act 2010 http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog Commentary from ABM's staff and consultants Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:11:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 UK Bribery Act 2010 http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2011/03/uk-bribery-act-2010/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2011/03/uk-bribery-act-2010/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:04:58 +0000 Edward Mills http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=708 I’ve just uploaded an article about the UK Bribery Act – view it at http://www.abmsoftware.com/News-and-Media_Articles_UK-Bribery-Act-2010-software.html

It is important that businesses make sure they have adequate policies and procedures in place to manage suspected cases of bribery – if they fail to do this, the business may be subject to an unlimited fine.

Investigation management software like Intellicase can be used to help address this.

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]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/google-steps-up-anti-piracy-fight/feed/ 0 High court rejects Tiffany’s appeal in eBay suit… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/high-court-rejects-tiffanys-appeal-in-ebay-suit/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/high-court-rejects-tiffanys-appeal-in-ebay-suit/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:50:09 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=657 It seems that big brands have their hands full with differing court outcomes…?

 A U.S. District Court decided in 2008 that eBay was not liable for any trademark infringement from the sale of counterfeit Tiffany products on its auction site. Tiffany appealed the decision but the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear the appeal. Similar cases have also found in favour of eBay (such as the May 2009 L’Oreal v eBay case in France) stating that it is the brand’s responsibility to police counterfeit goods, however others have found in favour of the brands (e.g. Nov 2009, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton v eBay).

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/high-court-rejects-tiffanys-appeal-in-ebay-suit/feed/ 0 RCMP make B.C.’s largest counterfeit cigarette seizure… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/rcmp-make-b-c-s-largest-counterfeit-cigarette-seizure/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/rcmp-make-b-c-s-largest-counterfeit-cigarette-seizure/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:45:10 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=654 RCMP has intercepted a container of 10 million contraband cigarettes on their way from China to Canada. The cigarettes has a street value of $4.9m. Seven men were arrested…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/12/rcmp-make-b-c-s-largest-counterfeit-cigarette-seizure/feed/ 0 How Peru Became the Counterfeit-Cash Capital of the World… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/how-peru-became-the-counterfeit-cash-capital-of-the-world/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/how-peru-became-the-counterfeit-cash-capital-of-the-world/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:18:40 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=652 In the past two years, Peru has become the No. 1 distributor of counterfeit currency internationally, according to Kenneth Jenkins, a U.S. special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Criminal Investigative Division. “Approximately $33 million has been seized in Peru since 2009″…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/how-peru-became-the-counterfeit-cash-capital-of-the-world/feed/ 0 Counterfeit Medicines: Health and Harm… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/counterfeit-medicines-health-and-harm/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/counterfeit-medicines-health-and-harm/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:16:52 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=650  Counterfeiting has a long history. For most commodities it is simply the theft of brand owners’ intellectual property, a trademark violation. But fake medicines can also kill. Political wrangling over language, and confusion over how to deal with the public health and private property aspects of counterfeiting, is hampering international action…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/counterfeit-medicines-health-and-harm/feed/ 0 Fake goods make £1.3 billion for criminals every year… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/fake-goods-make-1-3-billion-for-criminals-every-year/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/fake-goods-make-1-3-billion-for-criminals-every-year/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:14:43 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=648 Serious and organised criminals are increasingly involved in the trading of counterfeit goods, the charity Crimestoppers has warned. SOCA has teamed up with Crimestoppers to promote the Fakes Fund Crime campaign and squash the myth that counterfeiting is a harmless enterprise. In reality it is often run by international, highly organised and extremely profitable crime networks which are also involved in weapons trafficking, prostitution, drug smuggling and people smuggling. A recent review suggested that the criminal gain from counterfeiting in the UK was worth £1.3 billion every year…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/fake-goods-make-1-3-billion-for-criminals-every-year/feed/ 0 Men jailed after police op uncovers £1m in fake notes… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/men-jailed-after-police-op-uncovers-1m-in-fake-notes/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/men-jailed-after-police-op-uncovers-1m-in-fake-notes/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:27:41 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=634 Four men have been jailed after counterfeit bank notes worth more than £1m were uncovered by police. Their sentences, handed down at Leeds Crown Court on Wednesday, ranged from 12 years to five-and-a-half years.

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Almost 400,000 counterfeit children’s Christmas toys and decorations valued at two million euros has been seized here over the last 15 days, Italian police have said. The items arrived in Italy via three import businesses registered to three Chinese nationals…

]]> http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/400000-counterfeit-toys-seized-in-italy/feed/ 0 300 shops offered smuggled tobacco… http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/300-shops-offered-smuggled-tobacco/ http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/2010/11/300-shops-offered-smuggled-tobacco/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:20:31 +0000 Mark Whittlesea http://www.abmsoftware.com/blog/?p=617 Amazingly three hundred corner stores have been offered black-market tobacco to sell, research has revealed….

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