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2008 Archive
23 September 2008
World-Check’s annual Compliance Leadership Forum, now in its fourth year, has once again brought together leading professionals from the financial, legal, enforcement and regulatory sectors to identify common compliance concerns and emerging challenges.
10 September 2008
World-Check today launched Country-Check, a ground-breaking fully customisable country risk management tool for 243 countries and territories worldwide, making it the most comprehensive ranking index of its kind.
1 September 2008
World-Check's Board of Directors has today announced the appointment of Daniel Peak to the position of Chief Executive Officer. This appointment marks the culmination of a carefully architected expansion of World-Check’s management team that will lead this market-pioneering company through its continued rapid growth.
26 August 2008
World-Check, the leading provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities has reported continued steady client growth since May 2008, building its client base to now over 3000 client institutions.
30 July 2008
Lloyd’s, the world’s leading specialist insurance market,today announced that it has chosen World-Check to meet its Due Diligence and Know Your Customer compliance needs. World-Check is the leading provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities to more than 2900 institutions in 161 countries.
14 July 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities today announced the appointment of Mr. Udo Karl Witte as advisor to its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) sales team, with a special focus on Germany.
9 July 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities today announced the establishment of the Organised Crime Research Unit (OCRU), a specialist research unit dedicated solely to researching organized crime and counterfeiting.
23 June 2008
David Leppan, World-Check Founder and CEO, has today released a ground-breaking discussion paper entitled “PEPS: Moving Forward”. Delivered to the Egmont discussion group earlier this month, this paper offers a candid view of the weaknesses in the Politically Exposed Person definition, the potential flawed interpretation thereof, and offers directions in which this subject may need to evolve.
9 June 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of risk intelligence has once again alerted clients to high risk individuals years ahead of their names appearing on a sanctions list. Recent OFAC designations include terrorism-related individuals as well as narcotics-related individuals and organizations. In both cases World-Check profiled the individuals between four and six years ahead.
2 June 2008
World-Check, the leading global provider of intelligence on heightened risk individuals and entities, today launched “Industry Voices”, a collection of articles and critical papers which will discuss common issues and challenges faced by the compliance community.
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Please take note of the following content change to be applied to the Data-File on 19 December, 2008. In order to avoid any potential problems please ensure that your datab...more
Watch World-Check's Kenneth Rijock on Al Jaze...
Please click here to watch World-Check's financial crime consultant Kenneth Rijock on Al Jazeera's 'People and Power...more
World-Check launches Country-Check, a holisti...
On September 10, 2008 World-Check launched Country-Check, a ground-breaking fully customisable country risk management tool for 243 countries and territories worldwide, making it the most comprehensiv...more
World-Check appoints new CEO
World-Check's Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Daniel Peak to the position of Chief Executive Officer. This appointment marks the culmination of a carefully architected expansio...more
Confessions of a Money Launderer is back!
Kenneth Rijock's popular weekly series "Confessions of a Money Launderer" has returned fro a summer hiatus. Don't miss this compelling and informative series ,which is a must r...more
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