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: operational and physical risks: - On November 25, tens of thousands of people marched in the main cities of Peru to protest against the high rate of murders of women and gender violence that persists in the country. - In Canada last week, Manitoba health officials reported 1,268 cases of mumps since September 2016. Typically, there are less than five cases of mumps reported in a single year and yet there have been more than 1,000 in 2017. - On November 27, health officials in Ontario, Canada issued a health alert regarding the ongoing streptococcus outbreak in the Middlesex-London area. hazard and event risks: - In Kenya, opposition supporters clashed with security forces during the ongoing inauguration of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. market and economic risks: - Early last week, Turkey, Iran, and Qatar signed a trade and transport ag