Regulatory compliance and investigations

Our tailored solutions combine effective risk management with operational efficiency. Through risk assessments, robust policy development, targeted training and independent audits and lookbacks, Control Risks provides tools and expertise for companies to build safeguards that effectively mitigate regulatory, business, and reputational risks.

Control Risks’ sanctions and trade compliance experts’ have a unique understanding of the ever-evolving international sanctions and trade landscape. Leveraging their extensive on-the-ground experience in political and country risk management, we help clients build efficient compliance programs that effectively detect and prevent evasion without draining resources. Find out more about our sanctions and trade compliance services. 

Strengthen your customer due diligence processes to meet the rigorous demands of international regulations. Our KYC and EDD solutions provide comprehensive due diligence, from basic to advanced checks including ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) identification, customer risk-rating methodologies, and ongoing monitoring. We streamline your processes, helping you meet compliance requirements while minimising operational friction.  

Protecting your organisation from fraud risks is vital to growth and security. We ensure the integrity of your financial transactions with our comprehensive fraud prevention and detection strategies combined with cutting-edge technologies, data analytics, and investigative techniques that proactively identify and mitigate fraud risks.

Control Risks’ digital forensic data analytics team delivers effective model validation testing and empowers companies to analyse high volumes of financial, operational and transactional data. Our experts identify high-risk relationships and activities, conduct timely analyses, and implement protocols to mitigate risk and optimise compliance reporting. By minimising redundancies in false positives and low-value alerts, we drive efficiency and effectiveness.  

Safeguard your critical information and systems from cyber threats. Our digital and cybersecurity experts provide advanced vulnerability assessments, robust incident response planning, and cybersecurity training. Together we safeguard your organisation's digital assets, protect your reputation and ensure compliance. Find out more about our global Digital Risks team. 

Our expertise in due diligence and intelligence gathering enable clients to navigate complex economic and political dynamics around transactions. Our experts assess the integrity and reputation of individuals and entities and help you successfully mitigate AML, sanctions, fraud, cyber, digital and ESG risks.  

Control Risks provides comprehensive compliance and internal controls consulting to uncover root causes of misconduct, take swift remedial action and ensure business continuity. We frequently serve as, and assist, court-appointed monitors. Our investigative expertise is augmented by digital forensics, forensic data analytics, and eDiscovery services, allowing us to conduct thorough investigations globally.

Control Risks provides comprehensive compliance and internal controls consulting to uncover root causes of misconduct, take swift remedial action and ensure business continuity. We frequently serve as, and assist, court-appointed monitors. Our investigative expertise is augmented by digital forensics, forensic data analytics, and eDiscovery services, allowing us to conduct thorough investigations globally. Find out more about our capabilities here. 

Control Risks has a proven track record as court- and regulator-appointed independent consultants and monitors. Our experience designing, implementing and assessing compliance programmes makes us particularly effective at assessing compliance with settlement agreements that require the imposition of independent consultants or monitors.  Regulators and government entities trust Control Risks to deliver effective monitoring and implement necessary action plans. 

Control Risks’ global network and expertise in intelligence-driven regulatory compliance and investigations position us as the ideal partner for complex asset tracing and recovery worldwide. Our forensic accounting and business intelligence specialists work together to trace funds flows and identify the ultimate beneficial owners of entities that receive illicit funds. Find out more about our capabilities here. 

Our consultants are supported by over 200 political and country risk experts globally. We provide unequalled insights and strategies into the increasingly   volatile political, economic and regulatory landscape. We guide companies to anticipate, understand and navigate challenges such as corruption and financial crime on a global, regional or sector-specific level.  Learn more about our experts and how they can help.