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Our reports dig beneath the surface, pulling together information from a diverse range of sources such as local language media, regulatory circulars, trade newsletters, local reputational enquiries, site visits and litigation records in order to provide you with information critical to your business decisions.
Company registry
A thorough investigation into the background of your business partner goes much further than a media check only. We conduct detailed searches of the company registry in which the subject company is registered. This commonly involves reviewing setup documents, directors, secretaries, key principals, shareholdings, ownership, capital, registered locations, details of charges or other loan instruments.
Related companies
Using analysis of corporate records, media and other searches, we locate "sister" companies, parent companies, joint ventures, affiliates, strategic partners, alliances, and other related companies in which the subject has an interest; where necessary these interests are tracked overseas and in other jurisdictions.
Business history
We conduct detailed media and other searches to understand the history of the subject. Our searches often involve looking at the establishment history of the subject company and former occupations of its key personnel to uncover any sensitive roles. For investigations centred on individuals, background checks are conducted using industry and media sources to ascertain and verify their employment history.
Government ties
Tracking subjects for connections with local government is a vital component of any corruption-led compliance effort. With an in-depth knowledge on the activities prohibited by anti-corruption laws, we perform intensive searches on subject companies and their key personnel, to identify their relationships with foreign officials. Our searches not only cover foreign governments and their public officials, but also extend to political parties, public international organisations, and state-owned corporations and their personnel. Similarly, for investigations on individuals, subjects are screened for current or former government connections as previous employees, business partners, or through political or family ties.
Watchlists
Our clients are concerned whether their business partners and other third parties could be defined as a politically-exposed, debarred or sanctioned party. We screen the subject and all key personnel of a subject company against over 900 international watchlists so as to ensure that any high-risk relationships are easily identified.
Reputational intelligence
We use our connections, our contacts, and our ability to network marketplaces, industries, government and regulatory sources to gather intelligence, information and reputation on your business partner. These reference verifications and interviews are conducted in-country, and in the local language. This involves working our network to test whether the subject and its principals have been involved in illegal conduct, or have had integrity issues raised against them.
Litigation records
We perform searches on the litigation history of your business partner, to uncover corrupt or other integrity-related conduct, breaches, enforcement proceedings from regulators, and other types of disputes. As not all types of litigation records may be publicly accessible, court registry searches are supplemented with media, watchlist and reputational research, for all-rounded tracking of proceedings involving bribery, corruption or other impropriety.
Site visits and verifications
Before engaging a partner it is critical to establish the existence of its facilities, the layout, the size of its operations, the condition of the premises, the area, the local street signs, and other tenants in the building. That is what a site visit is all about. On-site verification involves more than pointing out a company on an online map.
Multi-jurisdictional investigations
Where appropriate, we look to establish the profile of a subject company or individual, not only in the country in which they are currently registered or domiciled, but across borders in all other countries in which they conduct business, have affiliates, may have had residency, or may have worked for a period of time. Looking only at their current domicile is not sufficient in most complex cases.
Investigations into suspicions and allegations
In the course of engaging in transactions with your business partner, suspicions or allegations may arise of bribery, corruption or other impropriety. The Red Flag Group takes pride in employing a team of professionals with extensive investigative, legal and forensic accounting skills, and in offering a full range of real investigative services into specific risks identified.
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