But if somebody decides to use these methods for nefarious purposes, it may go undetected.

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Tests at the local clinic for HIV have been around since 2002 but still a large number of infected people go undetected.

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This is particularly true if the problems could go undetected by customers.

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At the moment regulators can only see the broker who executed the trade, which makes it easier for dodgy trades to go undetected.

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Many smaller firms cannot afford expensive technological tools, and will rely on manual checks, perhaps raising the risk that some dirty money will go undetected.

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If you read something in the newspaper and you see somebody violated a rule, you think, 'Well, they're always doing this, ' but it's impossible for a violation to go undetected.

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Plant virus infections can go undetected, and indeed, surveys of produce find that the presence of live CaMV infections can be 15% in many different vegetables, and 20% in broccoli, for instance.

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There are also some findings showing that stress can increase the likelihood of miscarriage but because so many early miscarriages go undetected, they are more difficult to study and data is not easily available.

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Mr. Robinson expected the trades would go undetected.

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After many years in the market, I am still surprised that this type of mismanagement within a financial organization can still go on undetected.

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