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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

You might recall that during the first decade of this century, piracy was a growing concern with Somalia at the epicenter of pirate activity. military to clean nuclear waste from the Arctic Sea, before melting ice opened new shipping possibilities. The cost of these criminal activities were high in terms of time, money, and lives.

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Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Syria, South Sudan and Somalia rank lowest with scores of 14, 12 and 9 respectively. To improve matters the group recommends that the global community take the following actions to curb corruption: --Governments and businesses must do more to encourage free speech, independent media, political dissent and an open and engaged civil society.