World-Check Seminars set for the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East

LONDON - World-Check, the leading provider of end-to-end risk management services, today announced its 3rd quarter seminar schedule covering compliance and due diligence best practice. Tailored for practitioners tasked with identifying risk and opportunities in new markets and compliance obligations required by legislation, such as the US Foreign Corrupt Practises Act (FCPA), the US PATRIOT Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and the EU 3rd Money Laundering Directive, the seminars will include presentations by local supervisory authorities, FIU’s, legal experts and World-Check representatives. Full details of all events are available on the World-Check website www.world-check.com

The road show starts on 12th October in Europe with seminars in:

- Stockholm, Sweden - 12 October - Helsinki, Finland - 13 October - Oslo, Norway - 14 October - Copenhagen, Denmark - 15 October

The US leg will cover Foreign Corrupt Practises Act (FCPA) compliance with events in:

- Miami - 2 November - New York - 3 November - Washington D.C. - 4 November - Chicago - 5 November

On 24th November the team will visit London for a seminar covering the proposed UK Bribery Bill. In late November the team will travel to the Middle East including Cairo, Beirut and then on to Bahrain.

These industry events provide an opportunity for knowledge exchange and discussion with leading risk and law enforcement experts. Geared towards day-to-day AML and CFT compliance processes with contents that are detailed and rigorous, the World-Check seminars have been held in over 50 cities since 2006. Many hundreds of compliance professionals have already attended the seminars held in the first half of 2009, which featured speakers including World-Check’s Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Peak; Financial Crime Consultant Kenneth Rijock, and Head of Terrorism and Insurgency Research, John Solomon.

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 www.world-check.com/

Source: World-Check

Contact: Marion Willson, E-mail: mw2 at world-check.com, Tel: +44(0)208-099-7263