KYC
CORPORATE INFORMATION
www.companieshouse.gov.uk/links/introduction.shtml#reg
(list of company registry’s around the world)
www.corporateinformation.com
(information on companies which include
the company’s address, summary of activity, key officials, website,
stock exchange listing etc. In addition the site provides links company
information in several jurisdictions).
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/xchange-international/
www.creditman.biz/uk/members/products.asp?categoryid=1
(All provide standard and comprehensive company reports)
STOCK EXCHANGES AND REGULATORS
www.Compliance-exchange.com/ex.htm
(Stock Exchanges & Regulators)
http://law.utoledo.edu/financialregulators/pages/finanreg.htm
(Financial
regulatory agencies, relevant statutes, and rules from around the world)
VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS
http://www.vclocator.com/nav_database_free_view.php
(Comprehensive
list of venture capital and private equity firms worldwide)
www.leonardofinance.fr/getpage.asp?language=1&menu=6&id=65
(list of French private equity firms)
www.editionsdumanagement.com/search2.php?keywords
(Basic details of
French private equity firms which include address, main shareholders,
no. of professionals, etc)
www.evca.com
(The European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) site has a membership
list which comprises the top private equity firms in Europe)
www.fsa.gov.uk/register/
(FSA regulated firms & Individuals in
the UK)
US COMPANIES & INDIVIDUALS
http://www.pac-info.com
(State-by-state global databases for corporations,
businesses, licenses, etc…)
http://www.searchbug.com
(Search capability for people, addresses,
telephone numbers, SSNs, zip codes, etc…)
www.switchboard.com
(On-line phone book provides address and phone
numbers)
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
(U.S. Postal Zip Code Look Up)
http://www.guidestar.org/search
(America’s charitable organizations)
www.ssa.gov/employer/highgroup.txt
(Social security number identification)
http://www.ipl.org/ref/websearching.html
(Internet public library
listing of search engines)
www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
(This provides useful
information on large US companies based on SEC filings)
http://findinformation.homestead.com
(Corporate and business information,
property records, select U.S. and international newspapers, archives and
news searches, reverse address search tool, reverse phone number search
tool)
www.searchsystems.net (Directory of public records of people and companies by searching domestic and international sites).
www.zoominfo.com/PeopleSearch/default.asp
(Summaries of individuals
based on publicly available information)
MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST INFORMATION
http://www.transparency.org/
(Transparency International Corruption
Perceptions Index, ranks approximately 150 countries according to their
perceived level of corruption, useful tool in terms of assessing risk)
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Annual publication by the
Central Intelligence Agency with basic
almanacstyle information about the various
countries of the world)
http://www.quatloos.com
(Public educational website that covers
a wide variety of financial scams)
www.imolin.org
(International Money Laundering Information Network)
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/cornerstone/redflag.htm
(Suspicious Activity
Red Flags)
http://www.usembassy.it/policy/topics/terrorism/ reports.htm
(Archive of CRS reports on terrorism)
http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/corp.asp
(An anti-terrorist web
site developed in response to the 9/11/2001 attacks on America that will
offer practical reference information, vital links, and other valuable
information from an investigative perspective)
http://counterterror.typepad.com/the counterterrorism blog/2005/04/treasurydepart1.html
(A one-stop gateway to the counterterrorism community)
http://www.tkb.org/AboutTKB.jsp
(National Memorial Institute for the
Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT))
http://www.siteinstitute.org/terroristgroups.html
(Profiles of Terrorist
Groups)
http://www.siteinstitute.org/websites.html
(Terrorists Websites)
http://www.siteinstitute.org/news.html
(current Terrorist related
news)
http://www.trackingthethreat.com/content/entitites/ ent1095.htm
(An
open-source database of information about threat networks, specifically
Al Qaeda and its offshoots. Information includes entities, relationship
and analysis)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-Qaida members
(Includes known
aliases used by terrorists as well as links to other sources of information.
Uses biography format)
http://www.archives2004.ghazali.net/html/list of charities.html
(Muslim
charities & foundations under investigation by the government)
http://www.fatf-gafi.org/pages/0,2987,en_32250379_32235720_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
(Inter-governmental body whose purpose is
the development and promotion of national and international policies
to combat money laundering and terrorist financing)
HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS
www.factiva.com/publicfigures/
(Database
that identifies government officials, politicians, and the people connected
to them—worldwide).
http://www.keesingref.com/eng/products.php?detail=324
(Helps establish
the legitimacy of Passport and ID Cards
issued by more than 130 countries)
www.world-check.com/portal/mod_perl
(Database covers more than 230 countries and territories, and includes
high risk individuals and businesses such as known terrorism fraudsters,
money launderers)
http://visualroute.visualware.com
(This
VisualRoute Server provides a graphical traceroute and
from its server to any other network device you choose, useful for identifying
the geographical location of web servers and IP addresses)
SEARCH ENGINES
http://www.searchenginecolossus.com
(country-specific search engines)
www.searchsystems.net
(Directory of public records of people and companies
by searching domestic and international sites).
www.twinengine.com
(conduct side-by-side comparisons of Google and
Yahoo searches)
www.archive.org
(historical information for websites including content
and dates), this is like a
paper library.
SANCTIONS LISTS
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/financialsanctions/index.htm
(financial sanctions list)
http://www.stbsystems.com/sanctions-list-monitoring.htm
(Matches
OFAC, UN or any other lists, including internal or 3rd party lists of
PEPS, securities, and countries or other sanctions or embargoes)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/cfsp/sanctions/list/consol-list.htm
(Consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial
sanctions)
http://www.bxa.doc.gov/dpl/thedeniallist.asp
(OFAC Sanctions List)
http://www.fbi.gov/homepage.htm
(FBI Sanctions List)
www.treas.gov/ofac
(US sanctioned Countries, drug trafficking, suspected
companies)
MISCELANEOUS
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
(Online dictionary that enables you to translate words in several languages)
http://www.solicitors-online.com/
(Enables you to find UK law firms
or individual Solicitors & Registered European/Foreign Lawyers)
