Source of Wealth Screening
Catering to leaders who require precision and reliability.
Thorough Evaluation:
Meet compliance requirements.
Risk Reduction:
Verify wealth source to reduce risk.
Global Impact:
Understand complex corporate networks.
“Ensure transparency and regulatory compliance.”
Get SoW screening for investment migration applications (golden visas), private equity, or other high-risk investments.
Trusted by leading Organizations
Achieve Accurate Source of Wealth (SoW) Verification
Standard financial checks often miss crucial details, exposing your organisation to significant financial and regulatory risks. Our Source of Wealth screenings cater to leaders who require precision and reliability, ensuring you can meet compliance requirements, reduce risk, and understand complex corporate networks with confidence.
Our SoW Screening Provides:
- Thorough Evaluation: Meet strict compliance requirements for investment migration (golden visas), private equity, and other high-risk investments.
- Risk Reduction: Go beyond surface-level checks to truly verify a subject's source of wealth and mitigate potential financial and reputational damage.
- Global Impact: Gain a clear understanding of complex international corporate networks and wealth structures.
Our Investigation Areas
We provide more than just data. Our detailed insights help you make informed decisions about your clients’ financial backgrounds, covering key areas including:
- Income Verification: Screen and verify income streams and bank statements.
- Lifestyle Analysis: Find evidence of assets and high-value transactions to corroborate wealth.
- Adverse Media Scan: Review global and local media for negative coverage or reputational risks.
- Business Ownership: Map corporate structures to understand all income streams.
- Sanctions & Watchlist Screening: Check individuals and entities against global sanctions and watchlists.
- Litigation History: Investigate any significant legal disputes or criminal history.
- Political Exposure Check (PEP): Assess any connections to government officials and political entities.
Our 4-Step Screening Process
- Set Your Objectives
Start with a confidential online inquiry. A consultant will schedule a call to discuss your specific SoW screening requirements and timelines to create a customised proposal. - Provide Key Information
After finalising your screening needs, you provide us with the necessary details of the individuals or entities requiring SoW verification. - Intelligence Gathering & Analysis
Our analysts use advanced systems to discreetly gather and evaluate relevant information, cross-referencing data to ensure all aspects of the source of wealth are thoroughly examined. - Receive a Comprehensive Report
Within 7 business days in most cases, you will receive a detailed report compiling all verified data, risk assessments, and highlighting any potential areas of concern.
Human Expertise vs. Automated Reports
"Click-click" is an industry term for automated reports that lack human analysis. While we leverage advanced technology, our screenings are always conducted, verified, and interpreted by skilled analysts to provide contextual intelligence that mitigates risks and protects your business.
| Feature | Automated "Click-Click" Reports | Checks and Traces |
|---|---|---|
| Human Analysis & Verification | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
| Compliance Focus | Minimum Requirements | Enhanced & Meaningful Insights |
| Outcome | Ticks a Box | Mitigates Risk & Protects Your Business |
Ethical & Legal Investigations
At Checks & Traces, Data Ethics is a core principle. Our checks are purposefully developed to provide crucial insights while protecting the integrity of all involved parties. Our processes are overseen by professionals certified in Research Ethics Evaluation to ensure all screenings are compliant with international data protection and ethical standards.
Questions? We have all the answers.
Any organisation that prioritises financial transparency and compliance. Checks & Traces clients include those in the investment migration or golden visa industry, private equity firms, casinos, and NGOs. If your business deals with significant financial transactions or high-net-worth individuals, SoW screening is crucial.
At Checks & Traces, we believe that thorough investigations combine the power of human expertise with advanced AI. Checks & Traces analysts leverage cutting-edge technology to uncover critical insights that purely automated or manual screenings might miss. This dual approach ensures that no red flags are overlooked, providing you with a complete and reliable risk assessment.
Simply fill out the inquiry form on the Checks & Traces website, and one of our specialists will reach out to discuss your specific needs. After that, we’ll provide you with a detailed proposal tailored to your requirements.
Yes, all Checks & Traces screenings adhere to regulatory standards. We tailor our checks to cover all critical risk indicators, ensuring your organisation remains compliant and protected.
We utilise comprehensive global financial and legal databases, along with advanced digital tracing tools. Checks & Traces experts then analyse this data to build detailed wealth profiles for each client.
Absolutely. We adhere to all legal standards and conduct our checks with the utmost respect for client confidentiality. Our General Manager, James Smith, with a Master’s in Data Ethics, oversees all processes to ensure they meet the highest ethical standards.
Checks & Traces SoW screenings focus on:
- Verifying the authenticity and source of wealth
- Identifying adverse media or negative associations
- Checking for international sanctions or watchlist appearances
- Assessing the legitimacy of financial transactions
- Identifying connections to politically exposed persons (PEPs)
- Reviewing litigation history and financial discrepancies
- Detecting links to fraud or criminal activities
We understand the importance of timely information. SoW checks typically take 7 business days to complete, ensuring you receive a thorough and detailed report as quickly as possible.
The dedicated Checks & Traces support team is here to assist you. If you have any questions or concerns about your report, please contact us at info@checksandtraces.com. We will address your inquiries promptly and work to resolve any issues.
Discretion is key in our investigations. We utilise advanced, covert techniques to ensure that the business or individuals being screened remain unaware of the process.
Absolutely! We take pride in the quality of our work. You can download a sample report here to see the level of detail and insights we provide.
Checks & Traces is powered by the expertise of Futurum Risk, a team of corporate security and cyber investigation specialists. Connect with our leadership team, James Ellender and James Smith, on LinkedIn to learn more about their extensive experience in the field.
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