01 / Expertise
Investigations
Someone has stolen from you. An account does not add up. You are in a dispute, need to locate someone or need to establish what happened. We bring together the enquiries, people and evidence the matter requires.
Global intelligenceCato & Veil / The investigative practice of Praetorian Global
Global intelligence.
Specialist investigations.
When information is hard to reach, the right person can change the investigation. We combine an international network, experienced investigators and advanced technology to find the connections that matter.
Inside the practice ↓Experience · Connections · Thorough investigation
Some doors open through experience.
Others through connections.
A financial trail may identify a company. A conversation can reveal who actually controls it.
We bring together former intelligence and law-enforcement professionals, investigative journalists and corporate specialists. Our network includes people with CIA, FBI and Mossad backgrounds, alongside experienced local investigators.
We look at who is involved, what each person stands to gain or lose, and the relationships that allow a situation to continue. A financial record may lead to a person; a conversation may overturn the original explanation. We follow those connections and test what we learn.
Technology helps us examine more material, connect records and reduce repetitive work. It gives our people more time to assess the evidence, while helping control the time and cost of an investigation.
The people behind the practice ↗Neel Chakrabarti / Background
Intelligence, casework
and public speaking.
Neel Chakrabarti’s background brings together police intelligence, serious criminal casework and public discussion of the problems investigators face.
Professional background
Intelligence & serious crime
Former Metropolitan Police intelligence officer and consultant case worker at Duncan Lewis, with experience spanning complex fraud and human trafficking.
Read the professional profile ↗SpeakingThe Vatican & Westminster Hall
Speaking experience on human trafficking and investigative issues, alongside practical sessions for professional audiences.
Explore speaking & workshops ↗TelevisionChannel 4’s Hunted
See Neel’s account of his participation in the series.
View the original post ↗LondonDubaiHong KongMumbaiSofia
Opening the scene…
ONE COORDINATED INVESTIGATION / 01
Define the enquiry.
A payment to an overseas supplier was approved outside the usual process. The board asks us to establish what happened.
Continue to expertise ↓An example of how separate enquiries can contribute to an investigation.The investigative practice
What we investigate.
From unexplained transactions to concerns about a person, a company or an emerging threat, we assemble the team around the enquiry. Financial analysis, local sources, fieldwork and technical examination inform one investigation.
AI / THE RISK LANDSCAPE01 / 04
The pressures around an AI company.
An AI business depends on people, knowledge, access and international relationships. Corporate intelligence examines how those interests connect.
Sources & image credit
Industry risk analysis. Anthropic has published its findings on distillation campaigns. The wider risks shown are areas for assessment, not a record of incidents involving the portrait subject.
Portrait adapted and animated from TechCrunch’s photograph, Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0. No endorsement implied.
02 / Expertise
Corporate intelligence for the AI sector
A research partner with undisclosed interests. A sensitive hire from a competitor. Proprietary information appearing outside the business. We investigate the people, ownership and access relationships behind those concerns, including supplier and geopolitical exposure.
03 / Expertise
Financial & corporate investigations
Concealed ownership, disputed transactions and questions about the people behind a business. We connect financial analysis with local knowledge and human intelligence.
04 / Expertise
Fieldwork & technical intelligence
Surveillance, bug sweeps, digital evidence and source enquiries, coordinated around what the investigation needs to establish.
SENSITIVE MATTERS / THE EXAMINATION01 / 04
Start with the original material.
Preserve the device and its context. A screenshot alone may omit dates, participants or the surrounding exchange.
05 / Expertise
Sensitive & specialist matters
Dedicated experience for false allegations, high-control groups and defence enquiries. These matters require careful investigation and an understanding of the people affected.
Who we work with
Investigations shaped
around your circumstances.
A legal dispute. A family concern. A decision with consequences. The starting point is yours.
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Law firms
Dedicated investigative support for your legal team.
Family offices
A clearer picture of the people and interests around you.
Private clients
When something does not add up, start here.
Businesses & technology companies
Protect decisions, information and commercial interests.
Governments & public institutions
Specialist intelligence for complex international questions.
Selected investigation
International law firm · Asset investigation
Tracing assets across borders
What changed for the client
Previously undisclosed assets identified to support a freezing-order application.
01 / The instruction
Conventional searches had not located sufficient assets following a commercial fraud.
Read the case ↗CATO & VEILBLACK CARD
YOUR INTELLIGENCE TEAM
YOUR INTELLIGENCE TEAM
Black Card / Retained intelligence
Your own intelligence team.
A dedicated team that knows your circumstances, maintains the agreed intelligence picture and coordinates enquiries when a new concern arises. Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, within a defined retainer.
Explore Black Card ↗Training & mentorship
Learn how experienced
investigators think.
Professional courses, practical exercises and private workshops. Minerva develops women in intelligence. Quintilian prepares emerging leaders for the decisions ahead.
Advanced OSINT & analysis
2 days · Practitioner training
Covert investigation
5 days · Practitioner training
The wider group
Specialists working
from a shared picture.
Investigation is often one part of a larger matter. The group connects the relevant disciplines while keeping responsibilities clear.
From Neel’s writing
The interests behind
the incident.
A technology problem may also be a conflict between people, companies or governments. Understanding those interests changes the questions an investigator asks.
Silicon Valley’s crisis management problem
Why an organisation can be well prepared for disruption and still misunderstand the conflict it is facing.
Read the essay ↗The Cato Brief
From Neel’s notebook.
Observations from investigative practice, technology-sector commentary and the questions that deserve a closer look. Read Neel’s essays alongside notes from the practice.
A confidential first conversation
Tell us what happened.
You do not need to have the whole picture before you contact us.
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