Economic Crime

Over 50% Indian firms experienced economic crime in 2 years: Survey

95% of them suffered new types of fraud as a result of the disruption caused by Covid-19

Mehta urges SCO members to work on eliminating transnational economic crime

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday urged the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to work together to eliminate the threat of transnational economic crimes by enhancing mutual trust, understanding, cooperation and communication, the Union Law Ministry said. Mehta and additional secretary (legal affairs) in the law ministry Anju Rathi Rana led the Indian delegation at the 20th meeting of Prosecutors General of SCO member states on Friday in Astana, Kazakhstan. In a statement, the law ministry said the 20th meeting of Prosecutors General was also attended by Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Asylov B N, Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of China Zhang Jun, Prosecutor General of the Kyrgyz Republic Zulushev K T, Additional Attorney-General of Pakistan Rashdeen Nawaz Kasuri, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Krasnov I V, Prosecutor General of Tajikistan Rakhmon Yu A, Prosecutor General of Uzbekistan Yuldashev N T and SCO Secretary ..

Ukraine's wheat harvest may fall by 35%, raising fears of global shortage

Wheat production in Ukraine is likely to be at least a third lower than in normal years, according to analysis of satellite images of the country

DPIIT scrutinising 50 provisions in 11 Acts that threaten jail time

The move is aimed at decriminalising existing legislation and ensure more civil charges are brought in to replace criminal ones

61% of economic crimes committed by employees: Survey

PwC's Global Economic Crime Survey finds one in every four organisation is impacted by economic crime

Economic crime affects every 4th Indian firm, bulk by staff: PwC study

The survey reflects the pervasiveness of the problem in the country.