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2010 Archive
16 March 2010
London, 16 March 2010 -- World-Check will present a Power Breakfast titled "Anti-Money Laundering through Securities and Investments," in New York City this month. The seminar will cover the complexities of the broker-dealer environment, and the difficulties in identifying and addressing suspected money-laundering activities that leave many worried that they may not be doing enough.
15 March 2010
London, 15 March 2010 -- World-Check senior consultant Mr. Michel Nassif will present a seminar at the upcoming e-Banking conference to be held on 24 and 25 March. Organised by the Arab Council for Investment and e-Commerce, the focus of the event is dispute resolution and information security protection.
11 March 2010
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.
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