Information databases and other sources on foreign counterparties.
Igor Bederov
Modern business realities impose increasingly stringent requirements on the economic security of enterprises, forcing them to pay special attention to combating fraud and evaluating potential partners. To verify foreign counterparties, it is very important to have verified and reliable sources of available information. This article is intended to give some recommendations when checking the market position of a foreign company - a potential partner of Russian companies.
To reduce the risk of doing business with a foreign counterparty, you should know at least:
- where and when the company is registered;
- Does she have bank accounts;
- What is the tax history of the enterprise;
- Does the company have the right to conduct the business declared by it;
- Does she have a license for the declared activity.
Information about a foreign company can be obtained from many open sources. A special place here is occupied by business directories. For example, it will be most convenient for Russian companies to use the directory as part of a joint project of Interfax and D&B ([DLMURL] https://www.dnb.ru/ [/ DLMURL]). (Fig. 1) Their GRS (Global Reference Solution) - a global corporate directory, allows you to conduct an express analysis of the market environment, search for partners and customers, address verification. It covers 220 million companies worldwide. The directory allows you to access such information:
Who runs the business? The names of the leaders? What does the company do? Type of business, industry classification SIC? Where is the company located? Addresses and phones? What is the size of the company? Number of employees, revenue? How old is the company? Registration date? Who is the owner? Corporate Family Information? Who else is at the company address? Identification of places of mass registration? Who else can be on the phone of the company? Identify red flags? How many firms does a CEO have? A one-day firm or a real business? How many companies in this industry are in this country? Potential customers, suppliers?
For risk assessment, the guide allows you to:
1) Quickly confirm the existence of the company, get general information about it.
2) Assess the size of the company, understand the scope of its activities, get information on management.
3) Disclose the corporate relationships of the client or supplier.
4) Check mass registration addresses, mass registration phones, identify one-day firms.
An example of a standard information note about a company issued by a directory can be found at:
[DLMURL="https://www.dnb.ru/ftproot/files/compreh/severstal_files/ACTIV%20medica%20ZAO.htm"] https://www.dnb.ru/ftproot/files/compreh ...% 20ZAO.htm [/ DLMURL]
At the same time, you can search for information about a foreign partner on specialized sites - analogues of the Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities and the USRIP. Here are just a few of these resources:
Hungary (access is paid)
https://www.Microsec.hu/
Netherlands [DLMURL] https://www.kvk.nl/ [/ DLMURL]
Poland (access is paid) https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
United Kingdom [DLMURL] https://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ [/ DLMURL]
Italy
https://www.infoimprese.it/
France
https://www.infogreffe.fr and
https://www.sociate.com/
Republic of Cyprus
https://www.mcit.gov.cy/drcor/
Slovakia
https://www.orsr.sk/
Czech Republic [DLMURL] https://www.justice.cz/ [/ DLMURL]
Finland
https://www.ytj.fi/
USA (Delaware) sos-res.state.de.us/tin/GINameSearch.jsp
USA (Arkansas State) [DLMURL] https://www.sosweb.state.ar.us/corps/search_all.php [/ DLMURL]
USA (Illinois State)
https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/
USA (California) kepler.ss.ca.gov/list.html
USA (New York State) appsext5.dos.state.ny.us/corp_public/enter_search
USA (Oregon)
https://www.sos.state.or.us/corporation/online.htm
USA (State of Georgia) [DLMURL] https://www.sos.state.ga.us/corporations/corpsearch.htm [/ DLMURL]
USA (Vermont State)
https://www.sec.state.vt.us/seek/database.htm
USA (Arizona) [DLMURL] https://www.sosaz.com/scripts/TNT_Search_engine.dll [/ DLMURL]
USA (Colorado State)
https://www.sos.state.co.us/biz/Business ... eriaExt.do
Also, you can always ask the representative office of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in a specific country with a request:
• Representation of the RF CCI in Austria and Slovakia https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in the Balkans https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in Eastern Europe https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in the East. Asia https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in Germany https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in India https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in China https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in Serbia and Montenegro https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in the USA https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in Turkey https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
• Representation of the RF CCI in the Center. Asia https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
If you want to find owners of offshore companies quickly and for free - welcome to the latest resource [DLMURL] https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/search [/ DLMURL] (Fig. 2)
What else may be needed to obtain information. for example, identifying bankrupt. You can identify insolvent companies and individuals abroad on the following information resources in the global network:
Register of financially insolvent companies in Austria
https://www.edikte2.justiz.gv.at/
Insolvent Register of the Netherlands insolventies.rechtspraak.nl/resultaat.aspx
Register of insolvent companies and individuals Singapore https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
Bankruptcy Register of Latvia https://lsgroup.com.ua/mezhdunarodnaya-n ... raine.html
Czech bankruptcy registry portal.justice.cz/uvod/JusticeEN.aspx
Canada Bankruptcy Database strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/bankruptcy/b...oc/?icservices=e_ban
New Zealand Registry [DLMURL="https://www.insolvency.govt.nz/oasis3-web/oasis3...ter.wdk?fromHome=Yes"] https://www.insolvency.govt.nz/oasis3- we ... omHome = Yes [/ DLMURL]
Register of bankrupt and IVA individuals in the UK https://www.tv100.ru/news/vo-vsevoljskom ... hki-77226 /
US Bankruptcy Register
https://www.uscourts.gov
Verification of a counterparty by the company's security service is expensive, more expensive than the services of specialized information firms or detective agencies. You have to provide for travel expenses, hotel, insurance and per diem. At the same time, an employee sent on a business trip with such a task will be able to collect only a minimum of information. It is for detailed checks that the services of local professionals are required. Private detectives. (Fig. 3) One of the largest associations of private detectives in the post-Soviet space is the MOD (IAPD) International Association of Detectives (Link not valid https://forum.detective-agency.info/ru/ ) which, at present, is a professional association of detectives from many countries of the CIS, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the USA. Even before the state registration, the MOU brought together private detectives, lawyers, security officers, experts from all directions and other representatives of various professions. Practice shows: private detective activity cannot exist without connections, professionalism and the ability to work in any areas of human society. Regions, countries, continents are absolutely irrelevant. You must admit that the serious difference between the MOD and other associations is the availability of opportunities for this work and resolving issues in almost all spheres of the life of society in many countries of the world.
Good luck to everyone who thinks about the reliability of their transactions. And remember, security is a process, not a result. 
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