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Conflict Worsens Global Food Insecurity

Enterra Insights

“Conflict breeds hunger,” writes Marie Haga, Associate Vice-President of External Relations and Governance at the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development. Considering that the world’s population is increasing by one billion people every 11 to 12 years, losing any source of food is big problem.

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Top 10 Most Corrupt Countries of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Over the last six years, several countries significantly improved their CPI score, including Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and the United Kingdom, while several countries declined, including Syria, Yemen and Australia. Syria, South Sudan and Somalia rank lowest with scores of 14, 12 and 9 respectively. Media Image. transactionID.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016.

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Export Compliance 101

Arena Solutions

It is a privilege that the government can deny you, as one of their main tools when somebody violates the law is to get your export privileges denied. person, if I’m driving through Switzerland and my rental car is running out of gas, I have to drive past the gas stations that are owned by Syria. Syria, Iran, North Korea, or Cuba?

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2023 Sanctions Trends

Exiger Perspectives

2022 highlighted the importance of sanctions compliance for crypto firms, with OFAC announcing its first ever crypto enforcement action against Bitrexx for apparent violations of multiple sanctions programs against Iran, Sudan, Syria, Cuba, and the Crimea region of Ukraine. What's Next for Iran?

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