Expertise
Specialist intelligence and investigations.
Explore our areas of investigation, including cybersecurity investigations, financial enquiries, AI-sector corporate intelligence, surveillance and sensitive personal matters.
Intelligence & Security
Understand the exposure. Define the enquiry.
Corporate intelligence, geopolitical research, surveillance and technical examination address different questions. Start with the decision you need to make; the scope determines which disciplines are relevant.
The investigative practice
What do you need
to establish?
Choose the area closest to your concern. Select a category to explore the services and approach.
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Investigations
Someone has stolen from you. An account does not add up. You need to locate someone or establish what happened.
We work from the question you need answered, combining records, local enquiries and technical examination as the findings develop.
Sensitive & specialist matters
A disputed allegation. A high-control group. A personal matter with serious consequences.
Dedicated investigative experience, careful handling of witness accounts and discreet contact arrangements around the people affected.
Cybersecurity & investigations
Penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, source-code review and threat modelling for applications, networks and cloud environments.
We map the systems, scan for known weaknesses, test access restrictions and explain the fixes. The findings can also inform a wider investigation.
Financial & corporate investigations
Follow a disputed payment, establish ownership or examine the interests behind a business.
Financial analysis, company records and human enquiries help explain where assets went and who benefits from an arrangement.
Fieldwork & technical intelligence
Surveillance, bug sweeps and digital examination directed at a specific investigative question.
Local field teams and technical specialists coordinate their findings, from a witnessed event to the records held on a device.
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Corporate intelligence for the AI sector
A connected group of engineers leaves. A partner has undisclosed interests. Proprietary information appears outside the business.
Our AI-sector specialism examines team movements, access, research relationships and supplier exposure to determine what deserves investigation.
Transnational repression
Pressure on relatives abroad. Demands to return. A journalist’s contacts exposed.
Investigate cross-border coercion and coordinate the digital, legal and protective support the situation requires. Explore our country research and methods.
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Define the enquiry.
A payment to an overseas supplier was approved outside the usual process. The board asks us to establish what happened.
Discuss an investigation ↓An example of how separate enquiries can contribute to an investigation.A confidential first conversation
Start with the question you need answered.
Describe the concern and any time constraints. We will help identify the relevant investigative approach.
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