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3 November 2008
The September 11,2001 attacks on the US resulted in araft of regulations to curb terrorist financing,but seven years on Al Qaeda is still at large, has adapted to the new regulatory environment in its fund-raising,and morphed into an international terrorist Hydra. - November 2008 issue.
26 September 2008
A new country risk tool assesses the level of political, economic and criminal risk in 243 countries worldwide.
World-Check has launched a new online tool to help risk managers assess political, economic and criminal risk in countries around the world.
15 September 2008
Please click here to watch World-Check's financial crime consultant Kenneth Rijock on the Al Jazeera's 'People and Power' programme entitled 'The Laundry Man'. "Money laundering bankrolls the underground global economy. It has contributed to bankrupt countries, finances warfare and fuels crime. The way the world looks at money laundering has changed since 9/11 amid fears funds were financing similar operations. Instead of laundering money Kenneth Rijock now makes a career out of taking people who do to the cleaners."
12 September 2008
Financial institutions should elevate their risk ratings on transactions with entities in Russia as tensions between it and the U.S. and Europe intensify, according to risk management analysts.
3 September 2008
Compliance officers at financial institutions are required to, in addition to staying current on the relevant laws and regulations, keeping up with the dynamic and ever-changing world of money laundering trade-craft. Whilst their busy workdays often leave them precious little time to review new industry publications and recent court decisions, they must ensure that they, and their staff, are constantly updating their knowledge of emerging money laundering threats. by Kenneth Rijock, Financial Crime Consultant for World-Check.
14 August 2008
Ridzwan Aminuddin, manager, Country-Check, a recently launched initiative from World-Check; in an exclusive interview to CRO.
7 August 2008
Security and financial analysts on Tuesday found lapses in and coordination among concerned agencies as major obstacles in preventing terror financing as a two-day international workshop was kicked off here to review the money flow situation in terror links.
7 August 2008
An international workshop ended in the capital yesterday with a call for working against the financing of terrorism. The two-day workshop titled 'Countering the financing of terrorism' was organised by Bangladesh Centre for Terrorism Research in collaboration with the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) and World-Check.
5 August 2008
Ex-convict Kenneth Rijock shares his inside knowledge to help fight financial crimes.
4 August 2008
SINGAPORE has never been and will never be a money-laundering centre, unlike the tax havens of the Caribbean or even Hong Kong, according to United States-born financial crime consultant Kenneth Rijock, himself a former money launderer who “washed” hundreds of millions in his 10 years on the job.


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