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How to deal with international partners in Anti-money laundering, Anti-Bribery and corruption evaluation processes

Relationships with business partners, especially if located everywhere in the world, are becoming increasingly complex. This is due both to international scenarios, and market by conflict, but also to regulatory requirements and different approaches to globalization in comparison to local perspectives. Regulatory requirements and the importance of preserving and promoting reputation require a wider set of checks to establish a safe relationship with a customer or a supplier.

In other words, a good and in-depth knowledge of the companies is mandatory to have reliable, profitable and long-term relationships.

Starting from an evaluation based on risk assessment, financial strength, and company structure and excluding negative events, it’s mandatory to seriously evaluate to extend check to the potential involvement of business partners in different crimes, such as financial crimes like money laundering, corruption and bribery, or terrorism and so on.

Thanks to SkyMinder, the business information CRIF Platform, it’s possible to obtain all crucial information on a worldwide level to evaluate a customer and know if a business partner is involved in Financial Crimes or other Crimes and decide appropriate actions.

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