December 2004 - The Department of Homeland Security has hired a British software company to help it sort through information it receives from financial services firms to help it find possible terrorist financiers and other financial criminals.

December 2004 - The Department of Homeland Security has begun experimenting with a wide-ranging computer database that allows investigators to match financial transactions against a list of some 250,000 people and firms with suspected ties to terrorist financing, drug trafficking, money laundering and other financial crimes.

July 2001 Several terrorism databases under study and pending intelligence reform together are expected to bolster anti-terrorism data-gathering and -sharing efforts.

November 2004 - Since the attacks of 9/11, banks have been playing an increasingly important role in the war against terror.

November 2004 - Naast alle akkefietjes waarmee secretaris-generaal Kofi Annan van de Verenigde Naties (VN) toch al te maken heeft, is recent ook nog eens ophef gerezen over zijn zoon Kojo. Het Zwitserse bedrijf Cotecna, waar Kojo Annan als adviseur werkzaam was, wordt genoemd in een schandaal rond zelfverrijking.

November 2004 - Surprisingly, Singapore and Hong Kong are not at the cutting edge of anti-money laundering. But they are making efforts to catch up with the rest of the international community.

October 2004 - There's the OFAC list, the Bank of England (BoE)list and World-Check's database of heightened risk individuals and entities comprising more than 100 sanctioned lists - some of the myriad antimoney laundering (AML) initiatives banks are being asked to comply with. Article that appeared in the SIBOS 2004 publication.

October 2004 - A "Politically Exposed Person" (PEP) is a concept that all too often is left open to interpretation. By not following the very specific definitions put forth by the respective authorities and international bodies like the FATF, a financial institution faces a double-edged sword. Fall short and face the fines and reputational damage of having the wrong customers. Shoot long and overwhelm your institution with the costs and consequences of screening for the wrong individuals.

September 2004 Last month, DataFlux Corp. announced a partnership with World-Check, a provider that maintains a worldwide database of high-risk financial customers. As a result of the accord, DataFlux clients can screen potential customers against World-Check's list of individuals and businesses from over 230 countries that are known to be a money laundering or compliance risk or have a questionable reputation.

September 2004 - The provision of financial services to politically exposed persons, known as PEPs, was the topic of a seminar hosted on Moday by the RAU Centre for the Study of Economic Crime (CenSEC), the Compliance Institute of South Africa and the Money Laundering Forum.