Pinkerton Insights Podcast

Each week, we break down international news into our four quadrants of risk and present ways to mitigate those risks. See below for the key issues from this week’s edition: Hazard and Event Risks: - Per media reports last last month, Australia is facing what could be the worst flu season recorded. At least 170,000 cases have been confirmed this flu season, which is 2.5 times more than the cases reported in 2016. - The official Saudi Press Agency reported that 22 people had been arrested for “inciting public feelings” on social media, one of which was a Qatari national. - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajeet Pai proposed providing 77 million US Dollars to fund repairs to communication networks in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that were damaged by hurricanes in 2017. - Late last month, Air France Flight 66 en route from Paris to Los Angeles lost an engine while over the Atlantic Ocean and was forced to land in Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada. Pinkerton finds it likely that Air France wi