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: - Per reports, the U.S. will continue to withhold military aid worth $288 million to Pakistan as it reviews the “level of cooperation” that Pakistani officials are undertaking to fight terrorism. - China has tightened rules on overseas cash withdrawals to clamp down on money laundering, tax evasion, and terrorist financing. - More information about possibly widening the recall of Ford vehicles was released early last week. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating adding up to 1.4 million Ford vehicles to a 2016 recall. - A jury found Turkish banking executive Mehmet Hakan Atilla guilty of facilitating fraudulent commodities transactions for the Iranian government to circumvent U.S. sanctions. technology and information risks: - In a report published on January 2, named “Trackmageddon,”