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Finanzas Forex, Updates on Refunds
Payment of sums owed to clients scammed by Evolution Market Group proceeds by the liquidator of Finanzas Forex, a company owned by the group. U.S. federal authorities had seized, in 2015, illicit proceeds of about $40 million in bank funds and $138 million in gold and silver. At that time, those who had been defrauded were asked to claim the invested amounts by submitting proof of the payments to the ...
What are Financial Leverages?
Leverage is the tool that puts the investor in a position to manage larger sums than he has paid into his account. Forex traders can access large amounts of money in real time, thanks to a mechanism whereby the value of what is invested is made to increase exponentially. This allows them to make large transactions with minimal capital, as Forex has turned out to be a democratic market, which ...
Vehicular Homicide: Negligence is Also a Crime
In the case of a death resulting from negligence on the roads, the crime of road homicide is established. In 2016, the Vehicular Homicide Law filled a gap in the legal system and started to punish, specifically, those who caused someone's death on the road. When it was passed in 2016, the said law was hailed as one of the missing links in the Italian legal system. It was a ...
Road Accidents in Italy
Road accidents in Italy are the most common cause of personal injury. After the brief interlude of the pandemic, the number of road accidents has alarmingly increased again. Thousands of road accidents occur every year in Italy, according to Istat statistics. This latter highly effects human lives and causes a serious economic problem, directly related: the annual social cost of road accidents is 15 billion euros! Claiming Compensation for Personal ...
What is Arbitration?
Arbitration is a form of private dispute resolution. It is an autonomous, transnational institution whose procedures are not subject to the constraints of national laws. Arbitration, as a form of dispute resolution by an independent third party issuing a binding decision, has become increasingly important and popular due to the increase and globalization of cross-border investment and trade. Currently, arbitration, is one of the main means of resolving complex international ...
Child Custody and Placement
According to a recent Supreme Court ruling, it is preferable for school-age and preschool children to follow their mother if she moves to another city. The Supreme Court of Cassation, in ruling No. 21054 of July 1, 2022, reiterated how children, especially young children, need to grow up with their mother (C.D. maternal preference). The Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the father of a minor, who challenged the decision ...
Rejection of Visa Application, What to do?
You can appeal to the refusal of the visa by applying to the administrative court for the annulment of the action. Visas are denied to more people than one would imagine, and for a wide variety of reasons. Not only convicted or subjects to terrorism, the rejection of a Visa application is not a "privilege" of those with some skeleton in the closet, but a mistake that could happen to ...
The International Financial Action Task Force’s measures against scams
FATF-GAFI, the International Financial Action Task Force, updates regulations to counter money laundering and terrorism, including specific regulations on cryptocurrencies and virtual assets. The good news for small investors, is that authorities around the world are now obliging that those who manage exchanges, and those who supervise them, comply with the rules of GAFI, the International Financial Action Task Force (otherwise recognised by its English name as FATF, ‘Financial Action ...
International Commercial Arbitration ADR
International Commercial Arbitration is defined as a judicial dispute that does not take place before a national court, but before neutral private judges, called "arbitrators". International commercial arbitration is an extrajudicial dispute resolution method that is used worldwide, largely to resolve commercial disputes between commercial parties (companies, corporations, etc.) of different nationalities. The objective of arbitration is to preserve the competitiveness of businesses by resorting to an alternative dispute resolution ...
Notice / Warning
The Boccadutri Law Firm informs users, and especially its clients, that it has become aware of potential malfeasance and fraudulent actions committed through the unauthorised use of the name of the same Firm. We are receiving numerous reports inherent to third parties illegitimately using the name and trademark of the Boccadutri Law Firm, through the intermediary of alleged attorneys, who are not part of the Boccadutri Firm's team, and we ...
