Jun 18, 2024 | Due Diligence, Executive Background Checks | ExecCheck, Investigations, Thought Leadership
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it filed 784 total enforcement actions in fiscal year 2023, a three percent increase over fiscal year 2022, including 501 original, or “stand-alone,” enforcement actions, an eight percent increase over the...
May 3, 2024 | Full Spectrum Diligence, Investigations, Thought Leadership
How to Avoid Endemic Business Risks in a Country so Perón to Crisis Argentina is predictably unpredictable. Once amongst the world’s wealthiest countries during its Belle Époque over a century ago, Argentina has since fallen into a protected economic tailspin. With...
Apr 2, 2024 | Cryptocurrency Diligence | CryptoCheck, Investigations, Thought Leadership
In mid-March, Bitcoin investors sweated out a week of the most volatile trading the cryptocurrency had seen in a year, with prices climbing to an all-time high of $73,794 on March 14, 2024, dropping as low as $64,550 over the weekend, and finally settling at $68,193...
Jan 9, 2024 | Due Diligence, Investigations, Thought Leadership
In 2023, Mexico surpassed China as the United State’s largest trading partner, with an estimated $397 billion worth of goods moving between the two countries in the first six months of the year. This 44% spike is driven by Mexico’s low-cost labor force, free-trade...
Aug 22, 2023 | Investigations, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized
Scott Moritz and Tom McWeeney Fraud and illicit activities often come to light in a down economy – but not for the reasons you may think. It’s natural to assume that a down economy leads to an increase in fraud. The facts tell a different story, however. While...
May 2, 2023 | Due Diligence, Inside IntegrityRisk, Investigations, Thought Leadership
Not all due diligence processes are equal, which means not all due diligence processes are sufficient for today’s heightened forced labor, human rights, ESG, fraud, and corruption landscape. Effective, enhanced due diligence goes beyond standard practices and employs...
