How to use the KYC Database (Bureau van Dijk)

AWDC offers a free Know Your Customer (KYC) database to all registered Belgian diamond traders. The data are delivered through an external provider (Bureau Van Dijk) and comprises identification details (including shareholder structures, any beneficiaries and names of directors, etc.) for 250 million companies worldwide, as well as various sanctions lists, Politically Exposed Persons lists and FATF high risk countries. The database will also screen according to specific risks pertaining to the diamond industry.

Diamond traders that wish to utilize the database must follow a brief practical training session at AWDC in order to learn how to use the system. Only then will they receive access to the system. 

The training session will be held on Thursday the 23rd of November from 9.30h to 10.30h.

Participation is free of charge. The seminar will be held in English.

Please note places are limited (max. 25 participants). We inform you that if you have registered but are unable to join us and omit to notify us in advance, you will be charged a cancellation fee of €100.

For more information, please contact the AML & Compliance Helpdesk: Dorien Vandersanden via 03/222.05.06 or dorien.vandersanden@awdc.be.