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Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
COVID-19: Economic trade-offs of African lockdowns
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa and Jacques Nel, head of Africa Macro at NKC African Economics, discuss the economic impact of lockdowns across Africa and the road to recovery for both governments and investors . This is the second in a regular series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.
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Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
COVID-19: African responses and challenges from the global pandemic
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Barnaby Fletcher, Control Risks’ lead analyst for Southern Africa and Vincent Rouget, our lead on West and Central Africa discuss the key issues facing organisations operating in sub-Saharan Africa as lockdowns, border closures and bans take effect. This is the first in a regular series of podcasts exploring the impact of COVID-19 on this dynamic, but vulnerable, region.
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Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
In this edition we review how organisations will face a range of heightened cyber threats as they adapt to the pandemic with remote work policies, as criminals leverage COVID-19 to target individuals for espionage campaigns and financial gains.
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Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
In this edition we look at how businesses are being affected by Covid-19, and how we at Control Risks have been supporting clients with tactical monitoring, strategic scenario planning, and recovery. Federico Saleri discusses it with Chris Torrens, our Partner based in China.
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Monday Feb 17, 2020
US Iran tensions to play out in cyber, kidnap and maritime domains
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
The killing of Qasem Soleimani by the US in January will not likely lead to open war with Iran. But the death of the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ elite Qods Force and arguably Iran’s second most powerful man will not go unanswered. In this podcast we bring together four of Control Risks’ leading analysts to discuss the key domains in which the Iran US conflict will play out.
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Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
The people in the data: How human behaviour can enhance or compromise data collection
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
Wednesday Jan 29, 2020
The human factor in data collection during complex investigations can be problematic. The data is only as good as the source, and can by open to manipulation. Our expert discusses his experiences in the field.
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Friday Jan 10, 2020
Episode 6 - Cyber threats to supply chains
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Friday Jan 10, 2020
In this edition of the Control Risks Podcast, Federico Saleri spoke with Felix Manig about cyber threats to supply chains, and how businesses and organisations of any size and in any sector are likely to be affected by cyber attacks.
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Monday Dec 02, 2019
Monday Dec 02, 2019
Since Nicolas Maduro began his controversial second presidential term in January 2019 a political, economic and humanitarian crisis has engulfed Venezuela. Nearly a year on, the business climate continues to deteriorate. Control Risks’ Senior Analyst Emily Knowles joins us to discuss the impact of the crisis on kidnap-for-ransom in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Monday Nov 25, 2019
Episode 4 - Insecurity in Sahel set to worsen in coming years
Monday Nov 25, 2019
Monday Nov 25, 2019
In this edition of the Control Risks Podcast, Federico Saleri spoke with Vincent Rouget and Oulimata Soumaré on the rise in attacks by Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa, and how this will impact operations in the area.
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Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
In our latest episode, Federico Saleri speaks to Global Issues analyst Joseph Smith about the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the appointment of his successor, and the implications for global terrorism.
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Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
In this week’s episode of CORE In Focus, Federico Saleri spoke with Victoria Mitchell and Cormac McGarry to discuss the impact of current geo-political tensions and sanctions on tanker freight rates, and what businesses should do to make sense of the exposure they face.
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Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
In our first episode of CORE In Focus, Andrew Freeman and Federico Saleri discuss what's next for businesses operating in Egypt in the coming month following protests in Cairo and ongoing attacks by local and IS militants.
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Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
A persistent threat: trends in South Africa’s kidnap-for-ransom and extortion landscape
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Kidnap and extortion have long been a feature of South Africa's challenging criminal environment. Some recent high-profile kidnap cases have pushed the issue up the corporate security agenda. In this podcast, Control Risks special risks analyst, Sebastian Boe discussses the current state of play.
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Tuesday May 28, 2019
Change of tactics in virtual kidnapping
Tuesday May 28, 2019
Tuesday May 28, 2019
The two distinct arcs of virtual kidnapping in the Americas and East Asia have changed. The perpetrators have started to evolve not only their tactics but who they target. Control Risks’ Associate Director of Special Risk Analysis, Nicola White elaborates on these changes and the impact of the crime.
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Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
India's kidnap for ransom risk rises on the back of a growing middle class
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Tuesday Feb 26, 2019
Control Risks data shows that the Indian states with the greatest levels of investment have seen the sharpest increases in financially motivated kidnap. In this podcast, Tania Ildefonso and Hemant Shivakumar explore the relationship between politics, economics and the risk of kidnap for both Indian nationals and expatriates.
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