Italian Justice Ministry taps ZyLAB for biggest
fraud case in European Union history
Bagshot, June 03, 2004 -
ZyLAB, an established market leader of document imaging and full-text
retrieval software, today announced that the Italian Justice Ministry
has selected ZyIMAGE to be the primary content management and
information investigation tool for the Parmalat fraud case, the
largest financial scandal in European Union History.
When the news broke about alleged fraudulent financial activities
at Parmalat, the Italian-based foods giant, Italian Justice Ministry
officials began seizing large amounts of company files, both paper
and electronic, to be used as evidence. However, Justice officials
knew that in order to process and investigate thousands of pages
of data in a timely fashion, they would need a comprehensive content
management tool. After weighing all of their functional criteria,
Justice officials chose ZyLAB's ZyIMAGE/ZyWEB enterprise platform
solution. This solution was considered ideal for this investigation
because it offered Justice officials
- A full solution, from scanning services for digitizing and archiving
paper documentation to managing the entire investigative workflow.
Justice officials can eventually integrate their ZyLAB solution
into other high-level legal cases as well.
- The most robust fuzzy-search and hit highlighting capabilities
available for finding specific pieces of information as well as
for investigating connections between people and events mentioned
in seized documentation.
- The potential for unlimited amounts of Justice Ministry members
to access, interpret and investigate the collected information.
Eventually, the same information will be made available to the
Parmalat defense team, as required by Italian law.
- A high-security architecture to protect sensitive case information
and ensure the integrity of the investigation.
- Currently, the Italian Justice Ministry is focusing on managing
500,000 pages of key paper documents. If the case continues to
grow and eventually takes into account all of Parmalat's global
operations - particularly in terms of financial records and executive
memoranda - Justice officials will rely on their ZyLAB solution
to process millions of pages of additional data.
About ZyLAB
Founded in 1983, ZyLAB is the leading provider of document imaging
and paper filing software that helps Global 2000 companies and governments
digitally file and manage millions of pages of paper and electronic
documents. ZyLAB's comprehensive investigative capabilities, with
its high quality search and retrieval features supporting over 200
languages, gives users the ability to organize and easily share
all information online.
With over 7,000 installations worldwide and over 300,000 users,
ZyLAB has a wide breadth of experience and knowledge across a variety
of different industries and business applications. Our clients include
such US Government organizations as the FBI, Department of Homeland
Security, Department of the Treasury, Department of Justice, SEC,
Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, IRS, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Department of Labor, State Department, Amtrak's
OIG, Office of Personnel Management, Department of Defense and all
branches of the US military, as well as such well known companies
as the New York Stock Exchange, Pepsico, Riggs Bank, Anheuser-Busch,
and Walt Disney. The company has offices located in McLean, Virginia,
and in the U.K., Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Singapore
and Australia to provide local service to its global client base.
For more information visit www.zylab.co.uk
Media Contact:
Charlotte Louveaux
Phone: +44 (0)1276 850970
Charlotte@zylab.com
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