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: market and economic risks: - The EU recently announced a blacklist consisting of 17 countries deemed as tax havens. The list is a response to the Panama and Paradise Papers that revealed extensive tax evasion schemes by companies and individuals. - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced last week that the country would make changes to laws governing espionage, counter-intelligence, and political donations to prevent external interference in domestic politics. - The  State Council of the People's Republic of China has issued new regulations that extend the powers of its security apparatus and elaborated on acts punishable under its counter-espionage law that was implemented in 2014. hazard and event risks: - In Columbia, according to media reports, at least 71 people from about six different communities in the hamlet of Puebl