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The Global Compliance Research Directory - at a glance
Unique tool for counterparty research in compliance, anti-corruption, AML, Integrity Due Diligence and related fields.
Comprehensive meta database on public records and commercial information sources and their characteristics.
Coverage of more than 30.000 sources in 180 countries/regions - and counting.
GCRD delivers information about "which relevant sources are available for research, where and how". Helping you to make compliance research more transparent and effective.-
GCRD is the ultimate search tool for
Compliance, legal and anti-corruption professionals
Corporate investigators and security experts
Government and law enforcement agencies
Investment and business planning experts
Non-Governmental Organizations
Journalists and Academics
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Selected applications
M&A Integrity Due Diligence
Supplier / Vendor Screening
HR Due Diligence / Pre Employment Check
Internal Investigation and Litigation Support
Asset Tracing and Recovery
Country Risk Research
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The environment: Compliance regulations require Integrity Due Diligence
Integrity Due Diligence requires expert knowledge from different sectors and very often across countries.
For example to identify the beneficial owners of an international structure of shell companies,
to research on possible criminal or civil litigations of a business partner
or to trace and recover hidden assets of an entity.
Knowing relevant information sources in a jurisdiction that can be used are key for complete and consistent research.-
The challenge: A highly fragmented information situation
The availability, accessibility, contents and quality of public records and commercial databases differs widely.
This is often challenging enough in western countries.
And many transactions take place in emerging countries, where the situation is even more difficult.
On the other hand, information for Integrity Due Diligence and compliance research is often needed on a short notice and on a global level. But a consistent basis of sources is missing.-
The solution: The Global Compliance Research Directory (GCRD)
GCRD is a structured and dynamic repository of relevant sources and registers and their characteristics.
Key considerations: Which sources are available in a jurisdiction, where and how can information be obtained?
Coverage of >30.000 sources in more than 180 jurisdictions - and counting.
Helping you to use the full spectrum of available sources. And to turn unstructured and fragmented pieces of information into "intelligence".-
Delivering
Country Intelligence.
Corporate Intelligence.
Register and Source Intelligence.
Country Intelligence.
- Select this option if you are looking for country-related research sources, e.g. on
- Business and investment conditions(doing business guides and related information)
- Legal intelligence (including law databases/directories)
- Political and economic risk analysis
- Security information
Contains information sources for example about:- Administrative structures, authorities and institutions
- Economic and political risk / investment conditions
- Legal conditions and environment
- Physical/operational security
- Levels of corruption, press freedom, human rights and democracy
- Main characteristics and access conditions of these sources
Corporate Intelligence.
- Information on corporate vehicles and their characteristics such as
- Identification of a legal form of a business and its profile.
- Overall profile (minimum capital, persons required, liability etc.)
- Visibility profile (registration and filing requirements)
- Identification options of beneficial owners and shareholders
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Key characteristics of a corporate vehicle/business entity and "footprint" in publicly available registers and sources.
Register and Source Intelligence.
- Information on public registers or service providers and their details.
- Corporate records and registries
- Bankruptcies, insolvencies and credit information
- Assets and properties
- Civil registration records
- Litigation and court records
- Police records/ certificates of conduct
- Blacklists and sanction lists
- Other records and registries
Contains information sources for example about:- Official/commercial sources
- Public vs. restricted access and details
- Search options (e.g. name searches beneficial ownership)
- Online vs. on-site access
- Paid vs free sources
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Please select above.
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Country profile search
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Global sources and registers
browse by source category or purposeDisplay/filter or compare across countries
Global corporate vehicles
Identify research sources on corporate vehiclecharacteristics and visibility
Important note:
- Company names, product names, tradenames, trademarks or other content in this directory and protected by national or international law are property of their respective owners.
- All companies, products, tradenames, trademarks, public/ governmental or non-governmental organizations or any other commercial or non-commercial organizations in this directory are not in any form of affiliation, cooperation or partnership with this website or GCRD international Dr. Pascal Ditté, unless otherwise and expressly noted.
- GCRD is a professional collation of information sources. Information is collected by experts in place ("contributors") and professional desktop research
- Listing or naming of tradenames or trademarks in this directory have descriptive character only. No warranty for correctness or completeness.
- No warranty for links in this directory. When clicking an external link, remember that you are leaving the GCRD web presence.
Errors and omissions excepted/reserved.
Please see disclaimer for further important information.
Important note:
- Company names, product names, tradenames, trademarks or other content in this directory and protected by national or international law are property of their respective owners.
- All companies, products, tradenames, trademarks, public/ governmental or non-governmental organizations or any other commercial or non-commercial organizations in this directory are not in any form of affiliation, cooperation or partnership with this website or GCRD international Dr. Pascal Ditté, unless otherwise and expressly noted.
- GCRD is a professional collation of information sources. Information is collected by experts in place ("contributors") and professional desktop research
- Listing or naming of tradenames or trademarks in this directory have descriptive character only. No warranty for correctness or completeness.
- No warranty for links in this directory. When clicking an external link, remember that you are leaving the GCRD web presence.