Investigative Techniques for Mitigating Xinjiang Forced Labor Risk Under the UFLPA
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) requires U.S. importers to screen not just all goods, but also all inputs [...]
Reports
Transparency Under Attack: How Russia is altering its legal code to restrict access to corporate data
In a direct response to economic sanctions, Former Russian Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev signed two executive decrees in 2019 allowing [...]
Tracking a Princess: Using Public Records to Trace the Assets of Africa’s Richest Woman
Grand corruption, or corruption involving senior government officials and large sums of money, is a global problem. Such grand corruption [...]
The Value of Public Data: Uncovering Ultimate Beneficial Ownership of Offshore Companies
From government agencies tracking criminal networks to financial institutions performing due diligence, ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) discovery remains a pressing [...]
Tracing Illicit Gold From Colombia Through Global Supply Chains
The illegal gold trade is a multibillion dollar industry that endangers national security and the natural environment. Transnational criminal organizations [...]
Identifying Trade-Based Money Laundering Risk Using Public Data: An Analysis of the Nader Farhat Network in Paraguay and the U.S.
Trade-based money laundering (TBML) remains one of the most viable ways for criminals to slip under the radar and move [...]
Three Strategies to Identify Potential Chinese Military End Users
Navigating various regulations on Chinese military companies can be a challenge for compliance teams. How to determine whether a Chinese [...]
Automating UBO Discovery Without Beneficial Ownership Registries
Now, more than ever, financial institutions need to know who they’re in business with. This starts with knowing who really [...]
The World’s Largest Shareholders: Understanding China’s National and Regional SASACs
SASACs exist to manage government assets, specifically SOEs, on behalf of the state. Anyone investigating China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will [...]
The World’s Largest Shareholders: Understanding China’s National and Regional SASACs
Anyone investigating China’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will eventually come across their primary owner, one of the State-owned Assets Supervision and [...]