03/11/2007
Anti-terrorist officials from 9 countries met in Paris
Anti-terrorist justice officials from nine countries met in Paris on Thursday for closed-door talks on creating a new international network to ward off attacks and to work out a common definition of charges.
At the invitation of French Justice Minister Pascal Clement, 41 anti-terrorist judges and other justice officials from the United States, Britain, Germany, Spain, Indonesia, Morocco and the Netherlands joined the meeting.
Were attending officials from Eurojust, a Europe-wide body overseeing efforts to fight organized crime and transnational crime.
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Speech : Pascal Clement, French Minister of Justice (in French)
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FSA tackles financial crime in the insurance industry
Under the new system insurance firms and intermediaries are being called on to inform the FSA when they suspect criminal behaviour, so that the FSA can decide whether to investigate further. This may arise when an insurer terminates an agency agreement with an intermediary where they see doubtful practice or suspect misconduct. It may also arise where an insurance intermediary has concerns about another intermediary they do business with.
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