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Introduction

World-Check tracks the identities of individuals

and businesses from over 230 countries that are
known to represent a money laundering, fraud,
compliance or reputational risk.
World-Check products then enables an organization
to very efficiently — even automatically — screen,
World-Check’s database of
and regularly re-screen, anhigh-risk entities is
entire customer base or
derived
data-file forfrom hundreds of
the presence of these
thousands of public
high-risk entities.
sources, and is updated daily in real-time by
World-Check’s international research team.
WORLD-CHECK HAS STREAMLINED
DUE DILIGENCE

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ONLINE SERVICE
In just seconds per name, screen unlimited number of
names and document effort as proof of due diligence.

FILTERING SOLUTION
automatically screen your entire record file whenever
and as often as you want with immediate alerts to
individuals or entities known to be high-risk.
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RESULTS
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Customer names

Filter Solution

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screen every new name for risk

More Due Diligence

log every search as proof of due diligence
regularly audit every existing name for risk
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SOLUTION OF CHOICE

• Market pioneer—pre-9/11 company

• Largest & fastest-growing client-base

• Over 2,000 clients in over 130 countries,

including 100s of government agencies

• 46 of the 50 largest financial institutions in

the world are clients

• Gartner-recommended: “Use World-Check

Now, Avoid Embarrassment Later”
A closer look at the World-Check database
 The World-Check Profile

The World-Check Database consists entirely of

CONSOLIDATED PROFILES.

o not a random collection of sources & documents

o World-Check proactively identifies & researches known
high-risk entities from around the world

o data is collected & reviewed — key information is then

summarized in a neatly organized profile on each entity

o profiles feature 2-dozen different fields, including aliases,

alternative name spellings, case synopses, locations,
dates of birth, associate links

o original sources provided as hyperlinks (Nothing is

added to the database unless it is sourced online)
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International Research teams

update the database everyday in real time

o virtually every sanction list, plus 500,000+ other

sources, including law enforcement, regulatory
actions, watchdog groups and international media

o 2-dozen categories, including sanctioned entities,

PEPs, shell banks, money launderers, fraudsters,
terrorists, narco-traffickers, organized crime

o 12,000 – 15,000 new profiles added every month

o 18,000 – 20,000 existing profiles updated every month

o we will conduct additional research or add any publicly

available source at no cost upon request
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Unparalleled Terrorism Content
Profiles

17000
15000 World-Check’s Terrorism and Insurgency
Research Unit (TIRU) has to date identified
13000 and profiled over 17,000 terrorism-related
11000 individuals and entities.

9000
OFAC + Bank of England + EU + UN, have
7000
only listed approximately 800 unique
5000 terrorism-related entries -- making up
only 5% of World-Check’s overall
3000
terrorism-related content.
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WORLD-CHECK OFAC + UN + EU+ BOE

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 PEPs: Politically Exposed Persons

DEFINING PEPs
It is critical that your vendor’s coverage be set to
the same definitions by which you will be judged.

OECD, Wolfsberg Principle Group, FATF, etc.

SENIOR POLITICAL FIGURES

ranging from the mayor of a significant city, up to diplomats,
members of parliament and heads of state

THOSE EXPOSED TO THEM

family members, businesses, bankers, frontmen
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THE REAL RISK LIES WITH THE UNNAMED

ASSOCIATES DOING THE DIRTY WORK

o Political figures are too high profile and have too much at
stake to launder illicit funds directly.

o Family members are less-than-ideal fronts as the high-

risk entity does not want to see his wife or children go to
jail anymore than he does.

o Entities appearing on sanction lists naturally use frontmen

knowing that these lists are public and enforced.

It’s not Ali Baba that you need to look out for
IT’S HIS 40 THIEVES !
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Front Men
Advisors

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Family

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Customer Support
hm@world-check.com