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On April 4, the Yangtze River Delta Railway ushered in the peak of passenger flow during the Qingming Festival. It is expected to send 4.1 million passengers today, 365,000 more than the same period last year, an increase of about 9.8%, and is expected to set a new record for single-day passenger volume. This years Qingming Festival railway transportation will start from April 3 to 7. The Yangtze River Delta Railway is expected to send 17.6 million passengers in 5 days, with an average daily passenger flow of 3.52 million, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%.The yield on the two-year U.S. Treasury note fell to a six-month low of 3.6550% and was last at 3.6611%.On April 4, local time on April 3, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. said that about 20% of the layoffs in the Department of Government Efficiency were wrong and needed to be corrected. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services laid off about 10,000 people on the 1st. Kennedy said that people who should not have been laid off were laid off, and the department is restoring their positions. Kennedy said that canceling the entire lead poisoning prevention and monitoring department of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was one of the mistakes. At present, it is unclear what other projects Kennedy may plan to restore.Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Will consider the impact of food costs on consumers.On April 4, local time on the 3rd, the automobile company Stellantis said that due to the impact of the US import automobile tariff policy, the company decided to lay off 900 employees in its five US factories and suspend production operations at two assembly plants in Canada and Mexico. Antonio Filosa, Chief Operating Officer of Stellantis Americas, said that the US factories that were laid off were powertrain and stamping parts factories, which produced spare parts for two assembly plants in Canada and Mexico. According to the plan, the assembly plant in Canada will stop production for two weeks, and the assembly plant in Toluca, Mexico will suspend production throughout April. Filosa said the company is "continuing to evaluate the medium- and long-term impact of tariffs on operations."

UK Government: Cryptoassets Could Be Seized to Stop Crime

Cameron Murphy

Apr 28, 2022 09:42


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The British government suggested on Thursday that crypto assets might be confiscated to help battle economic crime, but the plan fell short of the drastic change demanded by legislators, who want an unified crime-fighting agency.


Scams involving banking and the internet have increased dramatically in the United Kingdom, especially after the COVID-19 outbreak.


In response to a parliamentary investigation into economic crime, the administration said that it would introduce laws to allow cryptoassets to be confiscated and recovered more rapidly as soon as legislative time permits.


"In particular, (we propose) the development of a civil forfeiture authority to limit the danger presented by people who cannot be punished but use their wealth to continue crime," the government told the Treasury Select Committee in parliament.


The panel proposed creating a single organization to combat economic crime to replace a "bewildering" multitude of institutions, but the administration insisted that its multi-agency system was the best.


"It allows us to discriminate between various sorts of criminality," the government stated, adding that public-sector fraud required a different reaction than schemes perpetrated by individuals or corporations.


In a statement, TSC Chair Mel Stride stated, "This might be a big squandered opportunity."


The government has already endorsed a suggestion that requires internet platforms like as Google and Facebook to take aggressive steps to combat fraudulent financial product advertising, but the law will take time to adopt and execute.


"Now is the time for online platforms to step up and take down these fake ads," Stride added.


Google has already pledged to only accept financial advertisements from organizations that are authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority, and Facebook owner Meta is expected to follow suit later this year.


The investigation advised that internet platforms be required to assist clients who have been scammed, a measure that the government is considering.


"We're working together with technology firms, law enforcement, and civil society partners to investigate all options for assisting victims of online fraud and mitigating the damage they've suffered," the government stated.