02 Dec 2019 Our Thinking Latin America Resolving Critical Issues and Crises Another side to the Venezuela crisis: the impact on kidnap-for-ransom in Latin America Since Nicolas Maduro began his controversial second presidential term in January 2019 a political, economic and humanitarian crisis has engulfed Venezuela. Nearly a year on, the business climate continues to deteriorate.
02 Dec 2019 Our Thinking Europe United Kingdom What a Corbyn government would mean for business With Brexit still unresolved, and a general election on 12 December, businesses’ operating in the UK are facing an uncertain time. Although the incumbent centre-right Conservative Party has a commanding lead in opinion polls, a Labour-led coalition government is a credible post-election scenario.
28 Nov 2019 Our Thinking Global Creating a Secure Organisation Creating a Resilient Organisation Cyber Threat Intelligence Real world threats in the digital age The online environment poses a significant threat monitoring challenge for companies when building their security intelligence programmes. How should companies monitor their digital threats?
20 Nov 2019 Our Thinking Analysis Africa Insecurity in Sahel set to worsen in coming years A series of setbacks for counter-terrorism operations by the G5 Sahel states – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – has exacerbated spiralling insecurity in the Sahel since early 2019.
19 Nov 2019 Our Thinking Americas Product Recall Adopting a resilient approach for recall management Companies should take a holistic approach to product recall management, that focuses on managing the risk before, during and after a recall event.
12 Nov 2019 Our Thinking Global Creating a Secure Organisation Resolving Critical Issues and Crises CORE CORE political violence and violent organised crime report Q3 2019 We are pleased to release our third quarter report on political violence and violent organised crime incidents around the world.
06 Nov 2019 Our Thinking Middle East and North Africa What new leadership means for Islamic State Islamic State (IS) on 31 October confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and announced his successor. On 27 October US President Donald Trump had announced that Baghdadi had been killed in a US special forces raid outside the village of Barisha (Idlib province, Syria).
01 Nov 2019 Our Thinking United Kingdom Uzbekistan Creating a Compliant Organisation NGO scrutiny of forced labour in supply chains to increase amid unprecedented legal challenge NGO scrutiny of forced labour in supply chains to increase amid unprecedented legal challenge.
28 Oct 2019 Our Thinking Africa Nigeria's ambitious budget to sustain sovereign, regulatory risks On 8 October President Muhammadu Buhari presented a record NGN 10.33 trillion budget at a joint session of the National Assembly (legislature).
07 Oct 2019 Our Thinking Global Creating a Secure Organisation Resolving Critical Issues and Crises Creating a Resilient Organisation Delivering Growth and Opportunity Recovering from a crisis At our founding in 1975, Control Risks’ mission was to help organizations respond to and recover from acute crises. Since then we have partnered with our clients to meet the challenges of a wide range of disruptive events across more than 150 countries.
