Abstract

The present article discusses the matter of economic intelligence as a way to minimize the risk of an oblivious participation in a criminal activity of “carousel fraud”, which might be dangerous to entrepreneurs making intra-community transactions.The present study shows methods of verification of potential trading partners performed via the Internet. The article characterizes open-access and public registries and data bases, and also points to possibilities of control of credibility of business entities.The study is briefly concluded with an emphasis of a key meaning of the so-called due diligence of an entrepreneur in the aspect verification of a trade partner in order to avoid possible penal and fiscal and tax responsibility.