“Despite careful planning, it is increasingly difficult to safeguard your company from fraudulent or damaging activities, via internal or external sources””

Corporate & Commercial Investigations

With world-class personnel, Black Water Security provides an investigation service that will discover all possible facts, using the latest technology to support our evidence gathering techniques.

Black Water Security's business investigation services provide our clients with a full Corporate Investigation into any company or organisation worldwide. Our team of investigators are highly experienced in uncovering fraud and insider dealing and have worked on hostile takeovers and large, complex cross-border litigation cases. The majority of our investigation teams are drawn from former British and US Police Officers, supported by technical and accounting staff where required.

Our Corporate Investigative Services cover:

• Internal investigations
• Financial investigations
• Intellectual property theft
• Director investigation & dealing
• Secret commissions & kickbacks
• Fraud investigation
• Personnel vetting & background checks
• Pre-litigation investigations
• Complex cross-border intelligence gathering

International Investigations

Black Water Security has acted for clients from all sectors from around the globe, we understand that each case and each jurisdiction is different and work with our clients to enable us to provide the best possible service to meet our clients' needs.

We understand that in conducting international business, there will be uncertainties and times when you are left exposed to financial and reputational damage. We work confidentially and discreetly to thoroughly investigate any given situation.

Investigation Case Management

Issues that we investigate are not always what they seem, after an initial case review we will discuss with the client the best strategy for the investigation and what manpower and budget is required. This stage is most important in not only managing the case, but also in managing the expectations of the client and of course the outcome of the investigation.

Our management team are well-versed in managing all different types and sizes of cases as well as clients' expectations. Our approach enables us to take our clients through every step of the corporate and commercial investigations process with regular reporting, meetings and feedback as required.

Our investigation reports help clients to make sound judgments based on credible evidence and, while it is our clients' decision how they wish to proceed, our evidence threshold is very high; all evidence that is required to be used in a court of law will be gathered in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE).