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would contribute to our database which would ultimately benefit GPC members. And it’s not just traders but the whole chain of the trade. How else do you help protect your members against fraud? There’s a big problem with documentary fraud and most people involved in committing it are relatively small freight forwarders or NVOCCs and quite close to the parties shipping the goods. So a few years ago we launched the NVOCC register, which all our members have access to. When someone signs up to the register they have to agree to a Code of Conduct and that does help some banks look at them more favorably. There have been examples where a shipping document has come to us issued by one of these registered forwarders and we can't rationalize it but then the issuer has to give us an explanation and if they
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