New markets and business partners offer opportunities but also present risks.

But what happens if criminality occurs? In a business headquarters or a distant subsidiary, a skillful fraudster can find a financial weakness if it is there to be exploited. Whether the cause is endemic state corruption, personal or corporate blackmail or straight theft, our Certified Fraud Examiners and investigators can highlight the risks in financial security or accounting systems, and identify the culprit to an evidential standard of proof during or after the event.

Working anywhere in the world, Control Risks can provide:

• Due diligence – we examine the business interests, commercial track records and reputation of potential business partners, employees and agents.
• Anti-money-laundering compliance and investigations – we review existing internal money-laundering policies and procedures. We evaluate customer identification procedures, record-keeping methods and the ways in which suspicious transactions are identified. We produce Compliance Procedure Manuals and train staff.
• Forensic accounting services
• Asset tracing & recovery – This will often require the exposure of the corporate structures and individuals concerned.
• Brand protection/anti-counterfeiting consultancy – we act to protect property rights anywhere in the world, including managing potential threats and investigating counterfeiting leading to the closure of such operations. We help to prevent product diversion and theft of trade secrets.
• Political and security risk analysis - subscription based and bespoke research and analysis to support your business decision-making.