Pinkerton Insights Podcast

Each week, we break down international news into our four quadrants of risk and present ways to mitigate those risks. Market and Economic Risks: - Per reports, the Indonesian government has announced that it will implement a new set of rules to battle money laundering and terrorism financing. - During the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Convention (PDAC) that took place on March 4-7, 2017, the Argentinian Mining Minister stated that the Federal Government is working with local governments to lift the prohibition of open pit mining before the end of the year. - Per reports, German metalworkers’ union IG Metall has struck a deal with the car manufacturer Mercedes Benz, which will allow employees associated with the union to have 28-hour work weeks for a two-year period. - On March 1, 2018, the Canadian government announced that they would be ending their contract with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) for their broken payroll system, Phoenix. hazard and event risks: - Per repor