3 June 2008 - Thirteen suspected terrorists and thousands of alleged money launderers are registered directors of UK companies, a BBC investigation has learned.

14 April 2008 - Sometimes it’s the intangible things in life that need protecting above all else, and when it comes to protecting a reputation it pays to ask the difficult questions, writes David Leppan.

Ein großes Drama entfaltet sich. Spätestens seit Ex-Post-Chef Klaus Zumwinkel von der Bochumer Staatsanwaltschaft ins Visier genommen wurde, suchen internationale Finanzinstitute nach Lösungen. Denn gerade für Banken ist die Enttarnung von Steuersündern oder Geldwäschern unangenehm.

Risk information provider World-Check has appointed its first ever general counsel, hiring Jonathan Beak from outsourcing company EMR Europe Insurance Services.

The names of almost 4,000 directors of British companies appear on international watchlists of alleged fraudsters, money launderers, terror financiers and corrupt officials, The Times haslearnt. A detailed study of the public register of directors held at Companies House uncovered people identified around the world as terrorist suspects, alleged drug traffickers and individuals convicted of offences ranging from illicit dealing in firearms to fraud.

Ivan Cermak’s mind may not be focused right now on the affairs of Crodux Ltd, his Britishregistered business. The company, which is involved in the oil industry in Croatia and has its registered office in Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire, recorded a turnover of just £24,000 in 2006.

You've probably heard it said that business is full of crooks. Now someone claims to
have proved it...According to data specialists World-Check and Datanomic, there are nearly 4,000 directors registered at UK Companies House who are ‘high-risk individuals’ –including terror suspects, forgers, convicted fraudsters, drug smugglers and even war criminals.

The UK’s national register of company directors and secretaries, held by Companies House, has been found to contain names of thousands of high risk individuals. World-Check, in partnership with data quality specialist Datanomic, recently embarked on a project to screen the UK’s Companies House register of companies, company directors and secretaries against World-Check's global database of high risk individuals and organisations.

The UK Companies House register of company directors is full of disqualified directors, money launderers and terrorists, according to a new study.The project involved screening 6.8 million names of active UK companies and their directors and secretaries using Datanomic's Sanctions & PEP Screening system against World-Check's database of 750,000 high-risk individuals and businesses, including politically exposed persons, money launderers, fraudsters, terrorists, sanctioned entities and 12 other high-risk categories.

Almost 4,000 terrorists, financial criminals and disqualified directors are registered
as running businesses with Companies House, new figures reveal. The figures were uncovered by data specialists Datanomic which screened the Companies House register of 6.8 million companies, company directors and secretaries against World-Check's database of "high risk" individuals and organisations.