CIVIL LITIGATION SUPPORT | CRIMINAL DEFENSE | ANTI-FRAUD | COUNTERFEITING / PIRACY | THEFT | THREAT | SURVEILLANCE | FAMILY MATTERS.
[We Find Out the Hidden]
Civil and Penal Investigations as well as nationwide and overseas, in partnership with OROBORUS®, are devoted to finding new and more effective ways to meet the clients’ needs while providing the best in class global protective, consultative and investigative solutions with the utmost discretion to adapt to evolving business and private objectives and allow for scalability and agility.
Organizations and individuals who have been or are likely to be subject to financial crime, deception, theft, fraud, intellectual property violations would benefit from our investigation services. Instead who can reach an advantage by knowing preemptively facts or information, finalized to decisions or action before being taken, can benefit from our consulting.
| CIVIL LITIGATION SUPPORT
Assets tracing / Researches – Tracing Debtors – Disloyalty – Permissions Abuse – Absenteeism – Plaintiff / Inquiries – Subpoena / Trial Support – Revision Cold Cases – Job Loss Compensation – Professional Liability – In Court for proceedings – Personal Injuries – Claims – Strategists – Witness Experts – Deep Infiltration – Damages Quantification – Graphologists’ Expertise – Digital Forensic.
| CRIMINAL DEFENSE
In Behalf of Criminal Lawyer – Scene Crime Analysis – Forensic Investigations – Robbery – Menace – Prevention Measures – Extortion – Kidnapping – Ransom – Missing People – Locating Defendants – Workplace Violations – Witnesses Identification – Environmental Crimes – Harassment – Stalking – Blackmailing – Incident Inspections – Homicide – Wrongful Death.
| CORPORATE FRAUD / THEFT / THREAT
Anti-Money Laundering – Beneficial Ownership – Tender Rigging – Anti-Bribery – Anti-Corruption – Bank / Insurance Claims – Asset Misappropriation – Shortage – Unfair Competition – Absenteeism – Dismissal – Forensic Accounting – Royalty Auditing –Know How – Confidential Information – Identity – Strategic documents – Corporate Secrets – Counter-Espionage – Sabotage Prevention.
UNDERCOVER ACTIVITY | SIMULATION
It is a very complex strategic action that aims to reach, through appropriate investigative coverage, the social and/or professional context of a subject of investigation, where it is assumed that useful information cannot be found otherwise.
| BRAND PROTECTION | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | ANTI-ILLICIT TRADE
[Extensively Experienced] in legal strategies and focused on corporate secrets protection and on the identification of the whole supply chain of market goods and IP infringement both physical or digital, including the sources of counterfeit or contraband. We provide to cyclical activities as Market and Internet Monitoring, Customs Enforcement and Seminars to Police enforcements.
We support client around illicit whites, black/grey market, product diversion and parallel import problems, copyright and license issues, about software, music, food & beverage, fashion, tobacco and other industries.
| ANTI-PIRACY | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING | TRADEMARKS / PATENT INFRINGEMENTS
Web / Price Monitoring – Signaling Analysis – Test Purchase – Illigal Goods Distribution Mapping – Manufacture Identification – Law Enforcement / Customs Cooperation – Complaint Filing – Raid / Seizure Assistance – Security Features Recognition – Official Product Expertise – IP Legal Strategies – Court Hearing Attendance – Secure Storage.
Many companies incur large financial losses through counterfeits, a lot of them without realizing it or seriously underestimating the impact on their profits. The most dangerous challenges for brand holders today? Illegal infiltration of distribution routes; advanced packaging techniques; online presentation of goods and ingenious customers.
We collaborate with some of the most important organizations and law firms worldwide, both in Italy and abroad, to implement tailored programs for every product category: We work to discover and remove from markets illegal finish goods, fake components and patent infringements as well as to remove from the web copyrighting material, like pictures and logos, to make sure that web search rankings only promoted the authorized product and enforce against domains using brand name to sell illegitimate products.
[Fighting Infringements]
The defense of assets, privacy and corporate secrets are aspects of growing importance in all fields of business and is a set of legal techniques and strategies to help clients with investigations related to brand protection, security management, litigation etc.
BusinessRisks® Group work closely with the brands to implement tailored programs for every product category: We work to remove from markets illegal finish goods, fake components and patent infringements as well as to remove from the web copyrighting material, like pictures and logos, to make sure that web search rankings only promoted the authorized product and enforce against domains using brand name to sell illegitimate products.
[Market Survey]
We continuously monitor the market and prices both in the online environment (included public tenders) as well as the open markets and brick and mortar shops in order to spot the counterfeit trends and identify the subjects dealing in infringing products.
[Follow Up Investigations]
For the proactively identified leads as well as for the client-supplied leads we conduct the follow up investigations that depending on the case may include the background checks on the subjects, on-site visits and surveillance in order to provide the clients and the law enforcement with the full picture of the ongoing operations of the counterfeiters.
[Specialized Investigations]
We are properly licensed to conduct undercover operations ranging from simple test purchases on B2B, B2C and C2C market to deep infiltration. A signaling analysis and a test purchase can verify or dismiss the suspicion of the counterfeit sales or promote new commercial negotiations, but undercover investigation is the key element in dismantling the criminal networks and obtaining evidence in larger cases for the later use of the law enforcement agencies or in the civil proceedings of the clients. We run our own informants. In cooperation with clients we are able to set up the Cover Facilities (fully transparent to the client) in order to support the investigations on national and international level. The Cover Facilities are obtained lawfully and are capable of the scrutiny and disclosure to the appropriate authorities.
[Law Enforcement Cooperation]
With our ACF programmes, we identify culprits and criminal networks, provide official product expertise,
We represent the clients in front of the authorities, we file complaints, provide statements and official expertise with the authentication of counterfeit goods (incl. security features recognition).
Our close relationship with the law enforcement agencies enables us to effectively cooperate on getting the cases concluded with the enforcement actions and prosecutions. We assist brands with the official authentication of the counterfeit goods in the capacity of official product expert. Also, we are able to backing court bailiffs when seizing goods in Court proceeding as well as cover the role of witness; also, about establishing of damages and lost profits.
We promote awareness and trainings for Police enforcements and assist Customs on suspected goods entering or transiting the countries. We attend the hearings in the Court proceeding and report the status.
[International Scope]
Work directly in EU, enables us to see the “big picture” and uncover transnational criminal organizations involved in production and trafficking in counterfeit products.
[Our specialized workflow]
Our long experience in this field enables us to have a black list of subjects involved in past cases and with our support millions € of CFT material is been seized in Europe and overseas.
| SURVEILLANCE | CLOSE TAILING
[Everyone chase the truth, we know how tail it!]
Surveillance and shadowing service, conducted in a discreet and professional manner and performed in complete lawfulness, is a very useful and effective support to collect unbiased evidences, and can be used to make an informed decision on corporate, financial and private matters.
The continued observation on targets (included places and objects / goods) can be finalized both to support civil proceedings and provide to public prosecutors / law enforcement the full picture of the ongoing operations of subjects.
| PRIVATE THREAT | FAMILY MATTERS.
Infidelity – Questionable Behavior – Cheating Spouse – Divorce – Best Interest of Child and Custody – Missing Persons – Hereditary Structure Check – Teenagers Supervision – Stalking and Violence Defense.
We are over 25 years experienced in private investigations and family matters legal advice. We can interface with all the key players, included Lawyers, Legal Tutors, Psychologist and Court Experts.
We have carried out important and successful intelligence operations, which have had the satisfaction of our clients: for example, in some cases, we have created a line of team that started from our objective observations, then evaluated by an expert psychologist – counselor who, by preparing a document “Pro Veritate” attached to the representation in court by the defense attorney, was able to describe the situation in more detail, thus shortening the lengthy and difficult procedures in court, sometimes avoiding the involvement of additional professional and institutional roles.