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RNZ News
3 days ago
- Business
- RNZ News
Critics frustrated at money laundering law burden
Are anti-money laundering laws leaving too much of the crime-fighting burden on small and medium businesses? The laws require any business providing financial or legal services to detect and deter illegal behaviour through due diligence procedures, like identity verification, when taking on a new client. The Government recently relaxed identity verification requirements on banks when someone is opening a bank account and is planning further changes to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism law. But compliance expert Uddhav Kirtikar says the law is fine as it is, and it's a case of supervisors inside the Department of Internal Affairs adding layers of compliance that go above the law. Aro Advisers' Dave Saunders has had similar frustrations and says the added compliance adds cost and uncertainty to the businesses. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
BBC News
4 days ago
- BBC News
Humberside Police dog Quinta reunited with handler in retirement
A police dog who once took down a machete-wielding man in Scunthorpe is set to enjoy retirement with her former who officers described as a "sniffing super-hound", has worked in Humberside Police's dog section for eight dog used to live with her first handler, PC Mick Tune, before he took early retirement to spend time with his wife who had been diagnosed with force said the crime-fighting pair had been reunited and Quinta would now lead "a life of luxury for the rest of her days". Humberside Police said Quinta and PC Tune had worked on numerous jobs together, with the dog's scent work, which was "second to none", helping find vulnerable people. Officers said the hound also "bravely took down a man with a machete one summer morning in Scunthorpe".Quinta lived at home with PC Tune and his wife, Sharon, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2022. After PC Tune's retirement, Quinta was paired up with a new handler PC Phil Lusby, who promised that when it was time for the dog to retire, Mick and Sharon would have the option to have her back at home. However, Sharon died in February this year before she could see Quinta return force said Quinta was now helping PC Tune to heal from his said: "To say I am honoured is an understatement as this little firecracker of a dog has over the past eight years been an immense asset to both the force and Phil and myself who have been fortunate to be considered her handlers."Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
