Tag: EU

‘How criminal gangs use UK ports to defraud EU customs’
April 6, 2017 No Responses

‘How criminal gangs use UK ports to defraud EU customs’

By Andrew Hosken (BBC) Systematic failures by UK customs officials have allowed criminal gangs to defraud the European Union of at least £2bn in just four years plus billions more in lost VAT, the EU anti-fraud office OLAF has claimed....
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EU Ministers adopts transport declaration
March 31, 2017 No Responses

EU Ministers adopts transport declaration

European Transport Ministers have adopted a ministerial declaration on maritime transport, the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) informed.  The so-called ‘Valletta Declaration’ outlines priorities for the EU’s maritime transport policy...
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G20 finance ministers drop anti-protectionist pledge
March 19, 2017 No Responses

G20 finance ministers drop anti-protectionist pledge

(BBC)-Finance ministers from world’s biggest economies have dropped an anti-protectionist commitment after opposition from the US. G20 ministers left the two-day meeting without renewing their long-standing pledge to bolster free trade. Last year, the gr...
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