Security & Intelligence professionals’ Day.

The 12th of November in Russia we celebrate Security & Intelligence professionals’ day.  I want to congratulate my colleagues both Russian and Foreign with this holiday. Let’s make the World a safer place for living and future prosperity of our descendants.

Database of unreliable former employees of the biggest Russian bank

It took me a month to prepare new article for my blog. Initially I planned to send a long research about management of commercial and trade secrets in Russia, but actually I’ m a little overloaded by due diligence projects and it is hard to find spare time and revise the problem. That’s why I’d like to share new important link that will be helpful for you during background screening of bank and finance management professionals in Russia.

Since August 2010 Russian biggest governmental bank Sberbank started to publish the list of former employees dismissed because internal fraud or theft. Initially the list included also those employees who were caught by internal control department but several legal claims forced Sberbank to exclude fraudsters who weren’t brought to the Court. 

http://www.sbrf.ru/moscow/ru/about/dismiss

The list is in Russian language only and is intended to be regularly updated.

CIS is moving towards integration of forensic databases.

It is reported by leading Russian informational agencies that 17th of September 2010 ministers of internal affairs of the CIS have signed documents on developing of a single forensic database.

Currently, law enforcement agencies of CIS countries exchanged information, but the processing of requests for its issuance takes a long time.

I expect that in 12-18 months the procedure of criminal background check of the Subject who was involved in criminal activity in several CIS countries will be simplified (nowadays this assignment requires independent investigation in every country of interest, takes much time and money).

Direct links to statistical data of Russian Federation

Sometimes it is required to include simple benchmarking analysis to your background screening project. One knows that valid data requires fresh investigation (research) but if we need to have a general view of the market some statistic can be enough for decision maker.
Where can we get this data if we deal with the Subject from Russian Federation? Our first step is the Federal State Statistics Service.

On this site you will find general statistical data about population, economy, regional development of the country etc. English version of the Federal State Statistics Service site is less informative and knowledge of Russian language is essential. 

If your Subject is involved in international trade some important statistical data and regulations can be found at Federal Customs Service. English version of the site is also poor.