CRI Group: Secure Business in a Global Economy

For more than 20 years CRI Group has been safeguarding clients around the globe as a primary source of investigative due diligence and business investigative services, utilizing a vast network of professional resources strategically located throughout key regions of the Asia Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. CRI Group establishes the legal compliance, financial viability and integrity levels of those outside partners, suppliers, customers and other sources worldwide that seek potential affiliations with your business.

Successful risk management begins with a scrutinized understanding of the individuals and organizations with whom you’re conducting business. This is especially true when dealing with businesses or governmental organizations in developing markets. In this environment it is essential that businesses become completely familiar with the operations of international clients, business partners, distributors, agents, consultants and individuals before conducting offshore transactions, establishing formal corporate partnerships or committing to international investments.

CRI Group's Investigative Due Diligence services provide the specialized intelligence needed by global financial institutions and multinational corporations to guarantee complete compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations and legislation involving trans-national implications.

The U.S. Patriot Act and anti-corruption legislation such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) contain specific due diligence requirements, especially within the context of emerging markets and offshore business dealings. CRI's comprehensive Due Diligence Reports provide thorough risk assessments of prospective and existing clients, potential M&A targets, IPO candidates, business partners and agents, greatly reducing the possibility of risk to your business operations and harm to your corporate reputation.

With a network of Certified Fraud Examiners, Compliance Officers and Research Consultants possessing diverse industry backgrounds and strategically positioned across five continents, CRI Group operates one of the largest multi-national Fraud Investigation teams the industry has to offer.

Strict compliance with the ever-increasing global privacy laws and regulation is at the heart of how our investigators operate. Our reach extends beyond public records and online resources. Since much of our work is conducted in regions with limited electronic access, we travel to remote locations and, through our knowledge of local customs and languages, have the capability to provide comprehensive background research to supply thorough, timely and accurate information to our clients.

In many developing markets the term "publicly accessible" may not necessarily equate to "easily accessible." Through CRI Group's global network of investigators, local expertise and round-the-clock investigative research capabilities, our clients are ensured accurate, comprehensive and consistent reporting delivered within exceptional turnaround times. Trusted by more than 3,800 clients worldwide, CRI's due diligence reports offer quality reporting on demand.

CRI Group's Investigative Due Diligence service becomes a comprehensive risk management tool when:

• Performing pre-merger and acquisition research and pre-IPO due diligence;

• Offering and entering into newly formed international joint ventures;

• Engaging with a new banking or commercial client;

• Employing, contracting or retaining foreign business partners;

• Following regulatory compliance and corporate governance best practice; and

• Used as an integral part of a consistent and audit-worthy AML and anti-corruption compliance program.

In the highly competitive international investigative marketplace, businesses are searching for innovative opportunities in emerging markets. But these remote locations can bring a variety of challenges and risks such as corruption, misunderstood laws that lead to unenforceable contracts, organized crime, terrorist financing and money laundering. These and other risks must be weighed by professionals familiar with these markets and thoroughly evaluated to reduce the risk to your business.

CRI Group provides the knowledgeable due diligence businesses required to navigate unfamiliar markets by assessing the backgrounds, integrity and character of those with whom they do business. These reports help organizations remain compliant with domestic and international regulations and standards of business ethics and behavior. Used as part of a comprehensive risk management program, our Due Diligence services provide detailed risk insight to reduce business, legal and reputation risks.

Case Study

CRIgroup was retained by an investor from USA to undertake an Investigative due diligence (FCPA Investigation) as they wanted to buy a huge Jewelers business in Deira Souk, Dubai, UAE, CRIgroup Investigators went through all the public records such as Financial liabilities of the directors or share holders, the legal status of the company, during the course of investigation and public record research found that subject company is in liquidation proceedings and further Examination of the records from concerned public departments was researched to ascertain that whether Principals of company in question were ever involved in any litigation resulted with bankruptcy proceeding in place at Court of a competent Jurisdiction as well as Corporate regulators, including warnings issued to them by various concerned regulatory bodies, the impact of these warnings, and its legal implications for the transferee or new buyers was raised a serious RED Flag, however CRIgroup Investigators subsequently got certified record from court of competent Jurisdiction, which confirmed there was a case against the said company and a three member bench of concerned commercial court was already given a verdict on this, the whole record was sufficient to save our client from a great future potential threat. There are lot of other examples relating to the issuance of various warnings to the companies were pinpointed by us and provided a great legal edge to our clients to negotiate the contract, future business relationship on legally sound footings.

• Fraud & White Collar Crime Investigations
• Forensic Accounting Investigation
• Corporate Secutrity Consulting & Investiogation
• Business Intelligence & Investigation
• Background Investigations
• Due Diligence & KYC Inquiries
• Insurance Fraud Investigations (SIU Services)
• Risk Management, Skip Tracing & Debt Collections
• Debt Placement Form
• IP (Intellectual Property) Investigations
• FCPA Due Diligence