Recommended Web Searches for Due Diligence Note that the list below is meant to serve only as a guide and that online sources for due diligence are not limited to this list. The inclusion of these links does not in any way imply endorsement by ADB or its affiliates. Since these links are not under the control of ADB, it shall not be responsible for the contents of these linked sites or the opinions and statements expressed therein. This also applies to any additional links that may appear within these sites.
Categories: • General Information Sources • Accredited Academic Institutions in the US and UK • Database for Due Diligence • Maps • Deep Web Search • Terrorism and Blacklists • Contracts Search • Country Information • Company Information • Nongovernment Organizations • People Search • Others
General Information Sources
Google www.google.com Yahoo www.search.yahoo.com Ask www.ask.com IceRocket www.icerocket.com The Internet Archive www.archive.org/web/web.php
Database for Due diligence Websites require subscription or are password-protected
Orbis and Zephyr https://bankscope2.bvdep.com/ip/ Accuity World Compliance https://accuity.worldcompliance.com https://compliancecatalyst.bvdinfo.com/ver- Compliance-Catalyst sion-2015714/home.serv?product=compliancecatalyst https://djrc.dowjones.com/factivaInternetVersion/Log- Dow Jones Risk & Compliance in.aspx Dun & BradStreet www.dnb.com http://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/lexis-dili- LexisNexis Diligence gence.page Lexis https://www.lexis.com Nexis https://w3.nexis.com/new/ ProQuest www.proquest.com Regulatory DataCorp, Inc. www.rdc.com Recommended Web Searches for Due Diligence
World-Check Online www.world-check.com/frontend/login
Deep Web Search
Copernic (tracks changes to websites) www.copernic.com
Surfwax (site-centric search) www.lookahead.surfwax.com
Ixquick (for images, videos, phones) www.ixquick.com
Whois (for information on website registration) www.whois.com
Contracts Search
Central Procurement Technical Unit www.cptu.gov.bd Bangladesh tender announcements http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/benefi- Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid ciaries/index.cfm?lang=EN&mode=SM&push=reset&- European Commission grants and contracts website type=grant European Commission Contract Awards https://compliancecatalyst.bvdinfo.com/ver- Database sion-2015714/home.serv?product=compliancecatalyst
Company Information
Open-source
Kompass International http://www.kompass.com/selectcountry/ US official site-SEC filings U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml Secretary of State Corporation and Business Entity Search http://www.secstates.com US corporate and business entity
DART - Repository of Korea’s Corporate Filings http://englishdart.fss.or.kr/mainEng.do Korean publicly traded companies
The Financial Services Register www.fsa.gov.uk/register/home.do Registry of all publicly traded companies in the UK European Business Register Links to European business registries http://www.ebr.org/index.php/member-countries/
Ministry of Corporate Affairs India company registration http://www.mca.gov.in/DCAPortalWeb/
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Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority https://www.acra.gov.sg/home/ Singapore company registration
Cyber Search Centre of the Integrated Companies Registry Information System http://www.icris.cr.gov.hk/csci/ Hong Kong company registration https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/scr/cc/CorporationsCanada/ Industry Canada fdrlCrpSrch.html?crpNm=Fashion%20Belt%20Buck- Canadian company registration les%20Ltd&crpNmbr=&bsNmbr=
The Company Law Division http://www.secp.gov.pk/ns/index.asp For corporate registration information in Pakistan
Companies House www.companieshouse.gov.uk For corporate registration information in the United Kingdom Australian Securities & Investments http://www.asic.gov.au/for-business/renew- Commission ing-and-maintaining-your-business-name/search-a- For company information in Australia business-name/
Kazakhstan Stock Exchange http://www.kase.kz/en/emitters/show/NFBN For company information in Kazakhstan
The Kyrgyz Republic http://register.minjust.gov.kg/register/SearchAction. For company information in Kyrgyzstan (in Russian and Kyrgyz only) seam?logic=and&cid=204 Tajikistan For company information in Tajikistan (in Russian and Tajik http://inn.andoz.tj:8080/fehrist/search_fehrist.aspx only) Electronic Register - Government of the Republic of Armenia https://www.e-register.am/en/search For company information in Armenia (in English, Armenian and Russian)
Public Disclosure Platform http://www.kap.gov.tr For company information in Turkey (in English and Turkish) Business Register -- Ministry of Justice of the http://www.orsr.sk/Default.asp?lan=en Slovak Republic Requires Subscription/Password-protected Cyprus-data.com http://www.cyprus-data.com/product/394713/aria-pe- For company information in Cyprus troleum-uk-ltd.html
Corporate Information www.corporateinformation.com Company research reports
Ellisphere www.ort.fr For corporate registration information in France British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission http://www.bvifsc.vg/Default.aspx?tabid=134 For information about companies registered in the British Virgin Islands
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Papua New Guinea - Investment Promotion https://www.ipa.gov.pg/pngmaster/view- Authority Instance/view.html?id=a52871ec04449bd- For information about companies registered in Papua New 60e1de2fa4bd84ba4be956b2f1aa87cfa&_time- Guinea stamp=171161308828459
People Search
Pipl https://pipl.com/ Search for people’s names
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com Professional social networking 192.com Voter registration in the United Kingdom; To identify who lives www.192.com at an address International White and Yellow Pages http://www.wayp.com/
Martindale.com http://www.martindale.com/ Directory of lawyers
Accredited Academic Institutions in the US and UK Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/ Programs https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-official- Gov.uk ly-recognised National Student Clearing House For verification of degrees from universities in the United www.studentclearinghouse.org States; Requires subscription
Maps Bing www.bing.com/maps
Google Maps www.google.com/maps
Google Earth www.google.com/earth
Terrorism and Blacklists ADB Sanctions List http://sanctions.adb.org European Bank for Reconstruction and www.ebrd.com/ineligible-entities.html Development 4 Recommended Web Searches for Due Diligence
http://www.iadb.org/en/topics/transparency/integri- Inter-American Development Bank ty-at-the-idb-group/sanctioned-firms-and-individu- als,1293.html http://web.worldbank.org/external/de- fault/main?theSitePK=84266&contentM- World Bank Sanctions List DK=64069844&menuPK=116730&page PK=64148989&piPK=64148984 Bangladesh Sanctions List www.cptu.gov.bd/DebarmentList.aspx UN Security Council Sanctions Committees http://www.un.org/sc/committees/dfp.shtml Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/ Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) & sdnlist.txt Blocked Persons Interpol Wanted Persons List http://www.interpol.int/notice/search/wanted FBI Most Wanted Terrorists www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists
Country Information Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index http://www.bti-project.org/reports/country-reports/ 2014 index.nc https://freedomhouse.org/regions/asia-pacific#. Freedom House VOU3xRbfDyU Know Your Country http://www.knowyourcountry.com/index.html
Nongovernment Organizations NGO Databases and Directories http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/ngo-databases.html GuideStar www.guidestar.org
Others The United States Department of State - http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/211396. Bureau for International Narcotics and Law pdf Enforcement http://www.fatf-gafi.org/topics/high-riskandnon-coop- Financial Action Task Force (FATF) erativejurisdictions/ Office of Foreign Assets Control http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/ World Economic Forum - Global http://www.weforum.org/reports/global-competitive- Competitiveness ness-report-2013-2014 5 Recommended Web Searches for Due Diligence
ICC Commercial Crime Services www.icc-ccs.org http://www.financialsecrecyindex.com/introduction/ TAX Justice Network fsi-2013-results The FCPA Blog http://www.fcpablog.com/
For more information, contact: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) Asian Development Bank, 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Metro Manila, Philippines
+632 632 5004 +632 636 2152 [email protected], anticorruption @adb.org
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