Day: April 7, 2024

Demonstrating the effect of the protests last year, and the resulting closure of the huge copper mine, Panamanian exports fell 7.8% in 2023 affected by drop in copper sales. However, excluding copper exports, other exports abroad reached $897.9 million in 2023, a growth of 5% in value.

The problem with clandestine lottery tickets has led a group to put forward a Bill to make it a crime to sell clandestine chances.

7 APRIL 2024

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Panama, has backed Ecuador in its dispute with Mexico. Police in Quito entered the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Vice-President wanted on corruption charges, but who had sought asylum. Panama, of course, has a similar situation, with ex-President Martinelli in the Nicaraguan Embassy here in Panama City.

6 APRIL 2024

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On 2 April, NVB (the Dutch Banking Association) published this assessment which contains the methodology, an overview of the Dutch financial crime landscape, a compiled list of financial crime threats in The Netherlands, the Financial Crime Threat Assessment of The Netherlands 2023-24 and appendices.

https://www.nvb.nl/nieuws/meer-focus-in-aanpak-witwassen

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