INTERNATIONAL TRADE ALERT, INC.
PLANTATION, FLORIDA

President, International Trade Alert, Inc. John S. Zdanowicz, Ph.D. is the president of International Trade Alert, Inc.. He is an internationally known expert in the area of trade-based money laundering, terrorist financing, income tax evasion, import duty fraud, capital flight, and the analysis of international trade data. He has presented his research on money laundering, terrorist financing, income tax evasion and capital flight at the: Unisys Global Payments Conference, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, U.S. Department of Treasury, American Express Anti-Money Laundering Conference, FINTRAC, Florida International Bankers Association, Cambridge University, University of Essex, University of Paris, Eastern Finance Association, Open Source Solutions Conference, American Bar Association, Federal Bureau of Investigation - Los Angeles Joint Drug Intelligence Group, Global Business and Technology Association, Decision Science Institute, National Drug Intelligence Center, International Trade and Finance Association, Multi-State Tax Commission, Korean Economic Association, Federation of Tax Administrators, Federal Reserve Bank, World Bank and the Brookings Institution. His research has been published in Accounting Forum, Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Crime, Communications of the Association of Computing Machinery, Money Laundering Alert, Interfaces, International Trade Journal, Finance India, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Review of Financial Economics, Tax Management: Transfer Pricing Report, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Zdanowicz and a colleague were recently awarded a $2 million research grant from the U.S. Treasury to study transfer pricing and money laundering issues. International Trade Alert, Inc. was created to provide international trade data analysis to U.S. government agencies, international agencies, foreign governments, and private sector firms. Dr. Zdanowicz and International Trade Alert, Inc. have engaged in conducting training seminars, consulting projects, product analysis, country trade analysis, expert witness analysis, international trade analysis, and abnormal pricing analysis for the following organizations: International Trade Alert, Inc. provides international trade consulting and international trade analysis to private sector firms, U.S. and foreign governments, and international agencies. The International Price Profiling System, (IPPS) will assist financial institutions with compliance requirements related to the financing of international trade transactions. It will also assist in determining a financial institution's "value at risk." The (IPPS) will assist U.S. and foreign government law enforcement and regulatory agencies to monitor and detect international trade transactions related to money laundering, terrorist financing and import duty fraud. It will also have value to accounting firms, attorneys and insurance companies who need to evaluate international trade pricing. The Transfer Pricing Analysis System (TPAS) which is based on the IRS section 482 transfer pricing regulations will assist accounting firms in conducting the analysis of their clients transfer pricing transactions. It will also assist business organizations in determining their related party transfer prices. Both U.S. and foreign government tax authorities will be able use this analysis to analyze transactions that may result in the underpayment of income tax. International Trade Alert, Inc. produces trade pricing reports that determine the amount of money moved out of and into the United States by country and through all U.S. customs districts. We also produce abnormal pricing reports related to international trade transactions in high-risk products such as weapons, nuclear materials, chemicals, and precious gems. International Trade Alert, Inc. produces detailed product and country trade reports based on U.S. trade and trade through U.S. customs districts. We also produce airport and seaport trade reports. International Trade Alert, Inc. also has the capacity to produce customized international trade research reports for your organization. International Trade Alert, Inc. conducts seminars on trade-based money laundering and terrorist financing and seminars on transfer pricing. We also provide expert witness reports and testimony in trade price disputes and litigations.