London, (PRWEB) September 16, 2009

World-Check, the leading provider of end-to-end risk management services is proud to be associated with the City of London Police (CoLP) Overseas Corruption Assessment Project. World-Check is providing the project team with access to the Country-Check system which is used by organizations worldwide for country profiling and analysis, foreign market expansion assessments, risk scoring model inputs, enhanced due diligence rankings, and senior management and board reporting.

The OCA project aims to create a pool of information on overseas corruption, and the team will produce, in November 2009, an assessment of the extent and nature of corruption overseas. “Drawing on the private insights of four key categories including business in all sectors; the not-for-profit sector; Government; and law enforcement the report will be an independent compilation of insights and experiences, and will be made public so that readers can make practical use of it in their everyday work,” said Detective Superintendent Colin Cowan.

“We are delighted that the City of London Police will be using Country-Check in support of this valuable project”, said Daniel Peak, Chief Executive Officer of World-Check. “Risk is too subjective a concept to be universally defined and varies from country to country, and from one industry to the next. Country-Check’s Political, Financial and Security dimensions enable users to adjust the risk settings to reflect user specific requirements for evaluating risk.

World-Check encourages companies and organisations operating abroad to participate in the project survey which can be accessed on the CoLP website: http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/corporation/consultation/ocap/overseas_corruption_assessment_project.htm

About World-Check

Trusted by more than 3,800 institutions in over 160 countries, including 49 of the world’s top 50 banks, World-Check offers an end-to-end solution for assessing, managing and remediating financial, regulatory and reputational risks.

World-Check’s global database of heightened risk individuals and entities, due diligence reports, passport verification and country risk assessment tools provide the means to address the full spectrum of risk across all markets and industries.

Represented across five continents, World-Check’s international research team monitors emerging risks in more than 50 languages, covering over 240 countries and territories worldwide.

For more information visit http://www.world-check.com/

For more information about Country-Check visit http://www.country-check.com/

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London (PRWEB) June 10, 2010

World-Check Head of Enhanced Due Diligence Services (EMEA), Robert Mitchell, will be a guest speaker at the C5 anti-corruption Forum to be held from 21 to 22 June in London. The conference will feature a panel of leading international corporate ethics and compliance executives, lawyers, investigators, forensic experts and top government officials from the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Mitchell will present a seminar on best practise anti-corruption tools that help companies minimise risk in an era of heightened anti-corruption scrutiny and enforcement.

“World-Check offers a UK Bribery Act Solution specifically designed to apply a risk-based approach to 3rd party relationships, business partners, joint ventures and M&A target screening. Our detailed research-to-order program identifies company ownership, ethics, reputation as well as potentially high risk relationships through country specific local searches. Implementing this compliance solution will ensure a company’s due diligence functions are in line with international best practice, said Robert Mitchell, Head of EDD (EMEA) at World-Check.

Mr. Mitchell has been involved in the Compliance and AML industry for over 10 years in the UK, Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Israel, Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Mauritius and the Seychelles, and is a regular speaker on the international compliance circuit, and a regular contributor to press reporting on the UK Bribery Act.

World-Check’s UK Bribery Act compliance seminars, held in London in December 2009 and May 2010 attracted over 400 legal, risk and compliance professionals from diverse industries. High demand for seats at the events shows a real urgency within companies to implement proven best-practice internal control procedures to ensure compliance with the new anti-corruption law.

About World-Check

Trusted by more than 4,500 institutions in over 160 countries, including 49 of the world’s top 50 banks, World-Check offers an end-to-end solution for assessing, managing and remediating financial, regulatory and reputational risks. World-Check’s global database of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and heightened risk individuals and entities, due diligence reports, passport verification and country risk assessment tools provide the means to address the full spectrum of risk across all markets and industries. Represented across five continents, World-Check’s international research team monitors emerging risks in more than 50 languages, covering over 240 countries and territories worldwide.

For more information visit http://www.world-check.com/

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The CSP, a culmination of Microsoft’s partnerships, programs and projects conducted with governments over several years, was developed based on challenges faced by diverse government offices and different regions worldwide.

From London to Porto, Portugal, to all the municipalities of Denmark, governments of all sizes are using technology to interact with citizens in a variety of new and innovative ways. Microsoft has developed an applications framework upon which partners can build solutions that address specific government needs, including technical guidance regarding implementation and customization for use by both partners and customers. To date, more than 90 partners have signed up to build solutions on the CSP.

“The need for a platform like the CSP is clearly demonstrated by the response we’ve received from our partners,” said Ralph Young, vice president for the Worldwide Public Sector at Microsoft. “A common framework to build from allows partners to tailor their solutions to specific government needs and, after working with governments for the past several years on early versions of the CSP, it’s exciting to watch this community effort really start to pay dividends to both citizens and the governments that serve them.”

In Porto this week, the Local and Regional Government Solutions Forum will bring together almost 300 partners and customers to discuss the management challenges governments face and technology’s role in solving these issues. Some already have experienced how the CSP, in combination with a tailored partner solution, can increase efficiency, decrease costs and bring constituents and government closer together. Others will be coming to view firsthand how they can make further use of their existing technology investments by using them as part of the CSP rather than starting from scratch.

“E-government initiatives can be difficult to implement as resistance is generally high due to legacy and integration issues,” said A. Kaare Norgaard, CEO of Resultmaker A/S, the CSP partner on the implementation of Denmark’s sickness reimbursement program. “However, now the system is appreciated as the best example of e-government in practice, which simply demonstrates how installing a platform where parts already exist is half the battle, as is often the case with the CSP.”

CSP availability includes templates available for existing customers to download at no cost, bolstering their ability to do more with existing technology investments.

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