Summary: Consumer insight and anti-fraud company Transactis has been named SME (Small and Medium Enterprise) Team of the Year in the 2014 Management Today Analytics in Action Awards for its work in support of efforts by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to reduce fraud and error related to tax credits.
According to the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Organized Crime 2012-2013, the cross-border flow of global proceeds from criminal activities, corruption and tax evasion is estimated at over US$ 1 trillion, with illegal drugs and counterfeit goods each accounting for 8% of world trade. With technological advancement occurring at an unprecedented rate and scale, the world is now confronted with a host of new crime threats that are increasingly complex and intertwined. Fuelled by the same forces of globalisation that expand trade and communications, organised crime threatens human security and hinders economic and political stability at an enormous cost to development.
Moxa, Inc. has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium™ (IIC), Vigilance can report. The IIC is a non-profit partnership of industry, government and academia formed to accelerate the global use of interconnected devices, intelligent analytics and people. Moxa is one of the first industrial automation companies to join the Consortium.
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