Denied Persons List
A list of individuals and entities that have been denied export privileges. Any dealings with a party on this list that would violate the terms of its denial order is prohibited.

Unverified List
A list of parties where BIS has been unable to verify the end use in prior transactions. The presence of a party on this list in a transaction is a “red flag” that should be resolved before proceeding with the transaction.

Debarred List
A list compiled by the State Department of parties who are barred by §127.7 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR §127.7) from participating directly or indirectly in the export of defense articles, including technical data or in the furnishing of defense services for which a license or approval is required by the ITAR.

Nonproliferation Sanctions
Several lists compiled by the State Department of parties that have been sanctioned under various statutes. The Federal Register notice imposing sanctions on a party states the sanctions that apply to that party. Some of these sanctioned parties are subject to BIS’s license application denial policy described in §744.19 of the EAR (15 CFR §744.19).

World Check

Over 2,000 institutions, including 45 of the world’s 50 largest financial institutions and hundreds of government agencies, rely on the World-Check database of known heightened-risk individuals and businesses to efficiently screen their customers, associates, transactions and employees for potential risk. This highly-structured database is updated daily in real-time by World-Check's international, research team and is derived from hundreds of thousands of public sources. It is this unprecedented commitment to ongoing research that has established World-Check as the industry standard. No other service replicates the quality of intelligence in this market-pioneering database.

CIFAS is the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service with 270 Members spread across banking, credit cards, asset finance, retail credit, mail order, insurance, savings and investments, telecommunications, factoring, and share dealing. Members share information about identified frauds in the fight to prevent further fraud. CIFAS is unique and is the world's first not for profit fraud prevention data sharing scheme.

The UK's Fraud Prevention Service - CIFAS research study on Employee Fraud
To see research study results go - http://www.cifas.org.uk/default.asp?edit_id=658-57

Visit CIFAS online at http://www.cifas.org.uk/

International Educational Verification and Validation Resources

China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC)

China Academic Degrees & Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC) is responsible for evaluating and appraising the academic degrees and graduate education and researching the degree equivalency between China and foreign countries, mainland China and its special regions Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, providing the counseling for reciprocal degree acknowledgement agreements in this area.
http://www.cdgdc.edu.cn/xwweben/xw_aboutus.jsp

Canadian Education Verification

http://www.auradata.com

United States - Information about foreign education systems, recognized foreign institutions, and U.S. credential evaluation for foreign degree-holders.

For International Students and Professionals , information and links about coming to the United States, recognition of foreign qualifications, accredited U.S. institutions and programs, avoiding frauds, and financial aid.
For International Educators and Officials , information about the U.S. education system, U.S. accreditation and quality assurance, recognized institutions, avoiding fraudulent providers, and related resources.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/edlite-index.html
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U.S. General Administration Organization - Office of Special Investigations - Report on Diploma Mills

Summary of US Federal Government investigative findings of Diploma Mills. http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/dm4.html

Search / Validate / Verify College Degrees and other Educational Qualifications
Validation or Verification of College Degrees and other educational qualifications is regularly used by headhunters, employers, and other verifiers. This report verifies educational qualifications* and degrees of any person. This Information is generally verified through the schools or universities. If you do not know an individual's educational qualification, you can search those possible qualifications through this search. You can also find out if the degrees are genuine or fake or have been awarded through diploma mills. For USA education searches can be run by state or nationwide and returns possible colleges or universities attended or degrees earned.

Click here for education and college degree verifications outside the USA . http://www.abika.com/Reports/Samples/Verifycollegedegree.htm

Avoid Fake-Degree Burns By Researching Academic Credentials
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Education, and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) have teamed up, putting new tools in place to help you weed out bogus academic credentials and insure the integrity of your hiring process.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/resources/bus65.shtm

Worldwide

Weed Out Credential Abuse With Accredibase™

At a time when unaccredited educational establishments, diploma mills and unrecognised accrediting agencies are on the rise, Accredibase™ offers you an invaluable new resource.This searchable global database brings together powerful information on bogus institutions from a variety of sources with the purpose of helping employers, educators and background screening companies secure only the best candidates with bona fide qualifications.

http://www.accredibase.com/upload/documents/accredibase_report_20_jan_2010.pdf

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United States

U.S. General Administration Organization - Office of Special Investigations - Report on Diploma Mills

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