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World-Check expert seminars attract 600 delegates in 13 cities worldwide
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World-Check renews partnership with the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
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2010 Archive
11 March 2010
London, 11 March 2010 -- Titled “Piracy in the Horn of Africa” this paper addresses how the cash based character of modern piracy, combined with a concentration in failed states and poorly regulated countries, has rendered traditional law enforcement frameworks largely ineffective.
26 February 2010
London, 26 February 2010 -- World-Check has launched a new range of Due Diligence reports and a second generation version of ISIS, the Integrascreen Due Diligence Management service.The Integrascreen reports have been given simpler names and a new design that improves readability, while maintaining the same overall layout.ISIS will help to reduce the burden of compliance as the new system provides quick and easy online ordering along with case tracking and a report repository to simplify internal due diligence processes. The system also enables compliance officers to store and review reports whenever needed.
24 February 2010
London, 24 February 2010 -- World-Check head of terrorism research, John Solomon will present an expert seminar at this event to be held between 21 and 22 March. Topics to be discussed at the summit include best practise techniques to negate fraud threats, new and emerging fraud techniques affecting the financial services industry, and ways of strengthening the relationship between regulators and financial institutions.
23 February 2010
London, 23 February 2010 –- World-Check senior consultant, Patric Marshall, will be a guest speaker at this annual summit, which focuses on the protection, prevention and investigation of fraud, corruption and financial crime. The Summit is organised by the MIS Training Institute EMEA, and will be held from 17 to 19 March. Mr. Marshall will present a seminar on best practise anti corruption tools and anti money laundering techniques.
22 February 2010
London, 22 February 2010 -- World-Check will present an expert seminar on current best practice in Anti Money Laundering risk management for local compliance practitioners. The event will feature keynote speaker Ivo Klein, Head of Group Compliance, LGT Bank, and World-Check’s financial crime consultant Kenneth Rijock.
19 February 2010
London, 19 February 2010 -- World-Check will be presenting a specialist seminar in Paris for industry practitioners, covering emerging money laundering threats and best practice AML risk management procedures. Speakers will include Mr. Jean-Luc Gustave and Mr. Kenneth Rijock of World-Check, and Mr. Charles Blandignères, Head of Anti Money Laundering for the Société Générale Group.
18 February 2010
London, 18 February 2010 – The arrest of 22 executives last month in the U.S. highlights the need for extra vigilance when dealing with foreign agents and intermediaries. The executives reportedly agreed to pay a 20% commission to a sales agent they thought represented the defense minister of a foreign country, and now stand accused of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
17 February 2010
London, 17 February 2010 – World-Check is contributing much-needed funding to the SOS Children Haiti Emergency Appeal in support of the charity’s valuable work in Haiti. World-Check has sponsored the SOS Children charity since early 2006, and its’ support of the world’s largest orphan charity is one of the ways that the company contributes to groups vulnerable to the consequences of corruption, money laundering and other financial crimes.
16 February 2010
London, 16 February 2010 – Takaful is predicted to become an $11b market by 2015, and the industry has shown remarkable growth, which is evidenced by the increasing number of Takaful players worldwide. The industry is encouraged to undertake continuous adoption of best practices, consistent with the objectives set out by the Islamic Financial Services Board’s Guiding Principles. The principle of “Know Your Customer” (KYC) is well known in banking and finance circles and has particular relevance in the context of avoiding money laundering and transactions intended to finance criminal or terrorist organisations.
27 January 2010
London, 27 January 2010 – Titled “The FCPA and why it matters” this paper provides insight for multinational organisations into the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and highlights the basis for a sound compliance culture. As market pioneer, World-Check is proud to present this paper to assist management in organisations gain practical insight of the FCPA.
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World-Check releases White Paper on Piracy
World-Check releases 'Piracy in the Horn of Africa' a White Paper by Rear Admiral Chris Parry CBE. With antecedents that reach back to classical times, piracy has sprung up and thrived in vari...more
World-Check releases White Paper on the Forei...
Titled “The FCPA and why it matters” this paper provides insight for multinational organisations into the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and highlights the basis for a sound compl...more
World-Check expert seminars attract 600 deleg...
Since July 2009 World-Check, the leading provider of end-to-end risk management services, has presented expert seminars in Monaco, Frankfurt, Madrid, Lisbon, Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, M...more
World-Check renews partnership with the UK's ...
Since November 2008, the World-Check database has been used in over 130 enquiries by the CEOP's financial investigators to ascertian background intelligence on child abuse cases. To read the full ...more
Jersey convicted narcotics trafficker profile...
Read the full press release to see why it makes sense to use the World-Check se...more
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