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.
We combine experienced investigators, an international intelligence network and advanced technology to obtain difficult information and establish what happened.
Inside the practice ↓Experience · Connections · Thorough investigation
Some doors open through experience.
Others through connections.
Access to difficult-to-find information. The judgement to understand its significance.
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 ↗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
The people, ownership and interests behind the technology. We investigate counterparties, research relationships, commercial conflicts and insider concerns, bringing human intelligence and technical analysis into the same assessment.
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.
EVIDENCE / EXAMINATION01 — 04
Opening the scene…
Examine the original material
Preserve source context before drawing conclusions.
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.
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
01 / The instruction
Conventional searches had not located sufficient assets following a commercial fraud.
Read the case ↗FOUR JURISDICTIONS
The instruction
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.
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 you need to establish.
You do not need to have the whole picture before you contact us.
Discuss your requirements ↗