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ODFAC Deletions can be Confusing: 3 July 2009 - For those of you who also look suspiciously at the removals from sanctions, published from time to time by the Office of Foreign Assets Control [OFAC], it might be well to remember that there can also be valid reasons why the names of entities have been deleted. Whilst it is perfectly norm ...more
American Money Laundering Expert Pardone...: 2 July 2009 - Russian-American attorney Emmanuel Zeltser, who was convicted and imprisoned on arrival in Belarus last year, on what most have described as politically motivated charges, has been reportedly pardoned and freed by the authorities there. Zeltser, a specialist in money laundering matters, had be ...more
Fraudsters can pose a direct threat thro...: 1 July 2009 - There are persistent media reports that a major American fraudster, currently under an indictment which could send him to Federal Prison for the rest of his life, has worn a concealed microphone in a government investigation on corruption targeting an important governor, and his close asso ...more
Former TV personality receives minimal s...: 30 June 2009 - A former news reporter in Kansas City who laundered more that $650,000 was sentenced this week to only six months' home confinement for Money Laundering. Does this sound like a lenient sentence to you? Whist she may have provided substantial assistance to law enforcement, there's not to ...more
Mega-criminal Bernard Madoff sentenced t...: 29 June 2009 - A United States District Judge in New York today sentenced* disgraced securities broker Bernard Madoff to the sentence of imprisonment requested by the US Attorney, one hundred and fifty years, pronouncing him "extraordinarily evil." Madoff's attorney had requested that he serve only 1 ...more

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CONFESSIONS OF A MONEY LAUNDERER BY KENNETH RIJOCK

30 March 2009

Confessions of a Money Launderer - Part 89

World-Check now offers Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) services

In the current volatile economic climate it is critical to minimize exposure to risk. Business partners, prospective clients and investment opportunities in emerging markets need to be proactively screened to protect your company and ensure compliance with legislation such as the FCPA and USA PATRIOT ACT.

World-Check's Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) Reports provide the information required to make educated decisions when:

Conducting pre-merger and acquisition inquiries and pre-IPO due diligence
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Now more than ever, institutions cannot afford to make the wrong decisions.

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NEWSWIRE

World-Check has announced a further period of client growth since August 2008, adding over 800 new clients. Read the complete Press Release ...more

World-Check Chairman David Leppan, interviewed on CNBC's Squawk Box Asia. To view click here.

On the 29th of May the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) named the Haji Juma Khan organisation as a Specially Designated Narcotics (SDN) entity. World-Check'...more

In July experts from World-Check and the compliance industry will be on hand to conduct three seminars in Western Europe. We will be in Monaco on 1 July and then travel to Germany to conduct a morni...more

Please be informed that World-Check will introduce a new general keyword - UNTB - effective from 4 June 2009. This keyword pertains to entries listed by the United Nations which have ONLY been the sub...more

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