Corporate fraud poses a threat to the financial stability and image of companies, often perpetrated by criminal gangs acting in collusion with employees, third parties, or former employees.
GSI investigates such crimes discreetly, conducting investigations autonomously and impartially while maintaining absolute confidentiality.
Operating throughout Brazil, our teams are composed of highly qualified professionals.
We are also specialists in corporate intelligence and counter-intelligence.
This type of investigation is intended for companies experiencing problems and irregularities within the workplace. In many cases, owners and directors have suspicions and distrust regarding employees or competitors and therefore seek to hire a corporate investigation service to discover what is wrong with the company’s operations.
The reasons for conducting a corporate investigation vary depending on each client, but the most common situations are:
Fraud and extortion;
Blackmail;
Theft or embezzlement;
Disloyal employees;
Industrial espionage;
General losses;
Unfair competition.
Other situations that generate distrust and losses can occur in the corporate environment and require that the detective conducting the corporate investigation have extensive knowledge of laws and monitoring techniques.
How is a corporate investigation conducted?
Corporate investigations may require two different forms of intervention by the detective: monitoring internal communication or infiltration.
Internal Communication Monitoring
These are cases where there is suspicion that the actions of a person or group of employees have caused harm to the company, such as extortion and fraud. By monitoring internal communication (duly authorized by the owner), the detective can identify the sources of the irregularities and concentrate their efforts on discovering those involved.
Since in this case it is not necessary for the detective to expose themselves, the investigation is carried out with the aid of high-tech equipment. The information collected is properly documented, with the aim of obtaining concrete evidence.
Infiltration in Corporate Investigations
In some situations, monitoring internal communication alone is not enough to uncover the origins of the problems, and in some cases the detective needs to infiltrate the suspected team to acquire more data about the scheme. This type of tactic can be more efficient in cases of embezzlement, for example. Also in this type of corporate investigation, all the information collected is documented as evidence.
Legal Advice and Experience
Corporate investigations are one of the investigative modalities that most require the support of legal counsel for both the detective and the client, so that both parties can ensure the legality of the investigation and all the evidence collected, preventing legal problems. GSI has this legal support provided by trusted professionals who increase the security of the entire investigation process.
GSI is also one of the most traditional agencies in Brazil in various modalities of private investigation, guaranteeing a service contract prior to the start of investigations and also guaranteeing the delivery of a final report with all the evidence collected and all the investigation procedures that were carried out to achieve that result.
Corporate investigations should be conducted by a professional in the field with prior knowledge in defense, equipment, and security, preventing the client from putting themselves at risk at any stage of the investigation process.
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