Anti-Bribery & Corruption Investigation Services
Global Trade Shield provides confidential investigations, reliable intelligence, and insightful analysis to help decision-makers understand risks, make informed choices, and seize opportunities. The team comprises professionals with backgrounds in law enforcement, intelligence, legal practices, research, and journalism, trained to uphold legal, ethical, and anti-corruption standards.
Extensive Intellectual Capital in Southeast Asia
Utilizing regional expertise for tailored Southeast Asian solutions.
Proven Track Record in Anti-Bribery Engagements
Assuring compliance across diverse Southeast Asian industries.
Transparent and Informative Client Engagement
Clients receive transparent updates for informed decisions.
Ethical Compliance with Global Standards
Ethical compliance with international and local laws.
Safeguarding a company’s reputation in the global business environment is crucial. Corporate officers and directors must be vigilant to comply with anti-bribery laws like the FCPA and UK Bribery Act. GTS in Southeast Asia helps clients proactively assess and mitigate bribery risks, investigate allegations, and design and test new controls.
Our Experience
Global Trade Shield operatives have conducted various bribery and corruption investigations for different companies, including:
- Investigating bribery allegations for a Fortune 50 company related to building permits.
- Looking into whistleblower claims of bribery by senior management at a U.S biomedical company.
Collaborating with an international law firm to establish compliance policies in South East Asian countries.
Services Include
- Proactive
- Compliance program assessment
- Internal controls evaluation
- Business process and transactional testing
- Integrity investigations of acquisition targets, agents, resellers and other third parties, including politically-exposed persons (PEPs)
- Review of existing anti-bribery compliance policies and controls
- Political risk and corruption index investigations
- Reactive
- Conduct fact-finding investigations to uncover vital evidence and identify participants in bribery & corruption activity
- Perform forensic accounting review of books and records to assist in identifying scope of violations and methods used
- Conduct background investigations of third party agents to support internal investigations
- Support legal counsel with non-confrontational interviewing and with plea negotiations and ability to pay defenses
- Remediation
- Post-investigation – evaluate compliance programs and based on experiences learnt make recommendations for enhancements
- Monitor third party agents to ensure operations are compliant with legislation and internal procedures
- Monitor and test new policies and procedures via a variety of “incident modelling” events