7 Reasons Why You Should Perform Global Integrity Due Diligence Investigations

Why should you perform global integrity due diligence investigations?

Global integrity due diligence investigations provides your business with the critical information it needs to make sound decisions regarding mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and the selection of vendors, suppliers, and employees. Due Diligence on potential business partners when adding a new vendor or hiring a new employee is vital to confirm the legitimacy and reduce the risks associated with such professional relationships. It will ensure that working with an, i.e. potential trade partner will ultimately achieve your organisation’s strategic and financial goals.

Why perform due Diligence?

To answer questions such as “Does trade partner adhere to (inter)national regulations on anti-corruption and anti-bribery?” or “Is it possible that there is a liability risk in your supply chain?,” performing due Diligence across your business is key to:

1. Quantify the real risk of a financial transaction, particular if the transaction takes place in a jurisdiction unfamiliar to you
2. Meet legal compliance and/or get regulatory approval
3. Assist in accurate decision-making
4. Identify red flag issues
5. Provide leverage for business valuation and negotiation
6. Verify that investment or acquisition criteria have been met
7. Ensure the other party or company is trustworthy

At CRI™, we provide due diligence services where ever you are. Use our DueDiligence360™ reports to help you comply with anti-money laundering, anti-bribery, and anti-corruption regulations ahead of a merger, acquisition, or joint venture. You can also use them for third-party risk assessment, onboarding decision-making, and identifying beneficial ownership structures.

Identify key risk issues clearly and concisely using accurate information in a well-structured and transparent report format. Our comprehensive range of reports includes specialised reports that support specific compliance requirements. Protect your reputation and the risk of financial damage and regulator action using our detailed reports. They enhance your knowledge and understanding of the customer, supplier, and third-party risk, helping you avoid those involved with financial crime.

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CRI™ investigators employ a proven, multi-faceted research approach that involves a global array of databases, courts and public record searches, local contacts, industry and media resources, and in-depth web-based research. Our resources include:

• International business verification
• Individual business interest search
• Personal profile on individual subjects
• Company profile on corporate entities
• Historical ownership analysis
• Identification of subsidiaries and connected parties
• Global/national criminality & regulatory records checks
• Politically Exposed Person database
• International digital media research
• Company background analysis
• Industry reputational assessment
• FCPA, UK Anti-Bribery and corruption risk databases
• Global terrorism checks
• Global financial regulatory authorities checks
• Money laundering risk database
• Financial reports
• Asset tracing
• Country-specific databases that include litigation checks, law enforcement agencies & capital market regulators.

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Clients who partner with us benefit from our:

• Expertise: CRI™ has one of the largest, most experienced and best-trained integrity due diligence teams globally.
• Global scope: Our multi-lingual teams have conducted assignments on thousands of subjects in over 80 countries, and we’re committed to maintaining and constantly evolving our global network.
• Flexibility: Our DueDiligence360™ service is flexible and can apply different levels of scrutiny to the subjects of our assignments, according to client needs and the nature of the project.

At CRI™, we specialise in Integrity Due Diligence, working as trusted partners to businesses and institutions worldwide. Our people work with energy, insight and care to ensure we provide a positive experience to everyone involved – clients, reference providers and candidates.

CRI Group™’s unique identity and vision evolved from our fundamental desire to support our clients and candidates. Safeguard your business and its integrity with DueDiligence360™. Our DueDiligence360™ expose vulnerabilities and threats that can cause serious damage to your organisation and can significantly reduce business. The world’s largest corporations trust CRI® and consultancies – outsource your due Diligence to an experienced provider, and you will only ever have to look forward, never back.

We are always ready to assist you in effectively managing your business and organisation efficiently and risk-free manner that best suits your needs. CRI Group™’s investigators and Certified Fraud Examiners understand fraud patterns. They are trained to recognise the elements of fraud characteristics and where they might come into play at any organisation. Through this knowledge, we can help you uncover the trail of fraud and help bring about a quick and successful resolution.

Having global coverage, CRI™ works directly with the key personnel to lead and conduct fraud investigations, including, if needed, your internal board of directors, audit committee, ethics and compliance officers, general and in-house counsel, corporate security, human resources, and C-level executives. Explore our broad range of risk management solutions for your business.

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Who is CRI Group™?

Based in London, CRI Group™ works with companies across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific as a one-stop international Risk Management, Employee Background Screening, Business Intelligence, Due Diligence and other professional Investigative Research solutions provider. We have the largest proprietary network of background-screening analysts and investigators across the Middle East and Asia. Our global presence ensures that no matter how international your operations are we have the network needed to provide you with all you need, wherever you happen to be. CRI Group™ also holds BS 102000:2013 and BS 7858:2012 Certifications, is an HRO certified provider and partner with Oracle.

In 2016, CRI Group™ launched Anti-Bribery Anti-Corruption (ABAC™) Center of Excellence – an independent certification body that provides education and certification services for individuals and organisations on a wide range of disciplines and ISO standards, including ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management- Guidelines; ISO 37000:2021 Governance of Organisations; ISO 37002:2021 Whistleblowing Management System; ISO 37301:2021 (formerly ISO 19600) Compliance Management system (CMS); Anti-Money Laundering (AML); and ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management Systems ABMS. ABAC™ offers a complete suite of solutions designed to help organisations mitigate the internal and external risks associated with operating in multi-jurisdiction and multi-cultural environments while assisting in developing frameworks for strategic compliance programs. Contact ABAC™ for more on ISO Certification and training.

OUR MISSION AND VISION

• CRI™ mission is to safeguard the corporate world by detecting and exposing those elements that can cause irreparable harm to a business
• Stand up against the outside forces that, through corruption, collusion, coercion and fraud, can cause financial, organisational, reputational and legal harm to our global clients
• Stand out as the preeminent provider of specialised investigative services that enable our clients to exhibit the highest standards of business integrity, ethics and behaviour