ABOUT Us

Corporate Research and Investigations Limited (CRI Group™) has been safeguarding businesses from fraud, bribery and corruption since 1990. Globally, we are a leading Compliance and Risk Management company licensed and incorporated entity of the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) and Qatar Financial Center (QFC).

WHAT WE DO

CRI protects businesses by establishing the legal compliance, financial viability, and integrity levels of outside partners, suppliers and customers seeking to affiliate with your business. CRI is a global company based in London, United Kingdom. Our experts and resources are located in key regional marketplaces. These are across the Asia Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, North and South America. Our global team can support your organisation anywhere in the world.

In 2016, the company launched the Anti-Bribery Anti-Corruption (ABAC™) Center of Excellence. The ABAC™ Center of Excellence is an independent certification body that helps organisations mitigate internal and external risks by providing a complete suite of Anti-Bribery, Compliance and Risk Management programs.

OUR MISSION AND VISION

  • CRI mission is to safeguard the corporate world by detecting and exposing those elements that can cause irreparable harm to a business
  • Stand up against the outside forces that can cause financial, organisational, reputational and legal harm to our global clients. This means protecting them from corruption, collusion, coercion and fraud
  • Stand out as the preeminent provider of specialised investigative services. These services would enable our clients to exhibit the highest standards of business integrity, ethics and behaviour

WHY PARTNER WITH CRI™ GROUP

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The integrity of the global business community is essential for the survival of free markets, economic stability, corporate growth, business profitability and employee well-being. CRI Group™’s purpose is to provide the knowledge, systems and solutions that fortify worldwide business integrity and preserve the global marketplace.

CRI™ is always ready to assist organisations to effectively manage their workplace in an efficient and risk-free manner that best suits their needs. We safeguard your business from various types of fraud, bribery and corruption, by providing worldwide employee background screening, due diligence, third-party risk management, insurance fraud investigations, and other professional investigative research services, along with anti-bribery management system certification and training solutions. Let our experts at CRI™ help you gain the information you need to make informed decisions that will lead to new growth and continued success.

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Our global presence ensures that no matter how international your operations are we have the network needed to provide you with all you need, wherever you happen to be. We take great care to ensure that our experts are the best at what they do. We pride ourselves on having the most stringent recruitment standards in the industry. Our experience, skilled workforce, technical resources, networking capabilities, internal flexibility and global offices maximise our solution efficacy.

Ensuring that our clients have access to the best people is half the battle. Added to that is the fact that our extensive experience gives us the breadth and depth of knowledge needed to make sure that your organisation is protected at all turns, at every corner, and through every deal.

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The international nature of business today dictates an increasing demand for proactive measures such as global investigations, compliance & risk management solutions to reduce the exposure to organisations of economic crime and civil wrongs, particularly in the financial, government and multinational business sectors. Are you making informed sound decisions regarding M&A, strategic partnerships & selection of employees, vendors or suppliers?

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Corporate Research and Investigations (CRI Group™) fosters a corporate culture that places a heavy emphasis on professionalism, continuing education, career development, personal growth, and contribution to the mission and values of the organisation. We embrace a culture that focuses on treating all people with respect, encourages new ideas, rewards hard work, and supports forward-thinking. Further, we endeavour to be an upstanding corporate global citizen in all our operations and in the operations of our subsidiaries and to fulfil our responsibilities to the societies and communities in which we operate.

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CRI Group™ holds its employees, directors, suppliers, contractors and operating partners to the highest ethical standards, and expects these standards to be upheld at every level of service, including:

  • Methods by which investigations are conducted
  • Information searches and preservation of evidence
  • Surveillance techniques
  • Understanding and working in compliance with laws and standards
  • Management of information, analysis and review
  • Protection and security of client data

It is the policy of CRI™ to comply with all applicable anti-corruption laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of the United States, the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom and the applicable anti-bribery laws of all foreign countries in which our organization operates. CRI™ further adheres to the Code of Conduct provided and published by The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners to regulate fraud examination practices of Certified Fraud Examiners under a Code of Professional Ethics. This code applies to all of the operations of CRI® and its subsidiaries and sets out the minimum standards which CRI™ Group’s Board of Directors expects from staff in their internal and external dealings with colleagues, customers, stakeholders and third parties.

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CRI Group™ will be vigilant in pursuing and achieving its corporate goals, which include:

  • Grow Revenue by 30% p.a. in each of the next five years
  • Assisting international and multi-national organizations in developing risk mitigation systems that enable them to remain compliant with national and international regulations while maintaining business ethics and behaviour standards.
  • Hiring the most knowledgeable professionals in the industry and equipping them with the training, tools and systems needed to succeed at every level.
  • Enhancing and expanding current client service levels to respond to ever-changing market forces in the global marketplace adequately.
  • Increasing market share as the CRI™ brand expands.
  • Increasing corporate profitability through the effective development of new markets, offering new services and being fiscally responsible.

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The purpose of CRI Group’s Information Security Policy is to ensure business continuity and minimize damage caused by security incidents. The policy, compliant with ISO 27001:2022, BS 7858:2019, BS 102000:2013, and legal frameworks such as DIFC Law No. 1 of 2007, GDPR 2016/679, and Singapore’s PDPA 2012, aims to protect CRI Group’s Information Assets from all internal and external threats. This includes limiting access to authorized individuals, ensuring operational continuity, and implementing controls to prevent and minimize the impact of security incidents.

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AFFILIATIONS

  • Fraud Advisory Panel Logo
  • AmCham Logo
  • ACFE Logo
  • ICA Logo
  • Dubai Quality Group Partner Logo
  • PBSA logo
  • Association of Corporate Investigators (ACi) logo

CERTIFICATIONS

  • SGS ISO/IEC 27001 Logo
  • BSI ISO/IEC 27001 logo
  • BS 7858:2019 Code of practise for Security screening of individuals employed in a security environment
  • BS 102000:2018 code pf practise for the provision of investigative services
  • HRO Today - Certified Provider Logo (Expires 5-22)

OUR SERVICES

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) ADVISORY

There are many advantages to outsourcing portions of your Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance program to CRI® Group. CRI® Anti-Money Laundering (AML) advisory services help analyse systems and develop effective solutions. This reduces your company’s risk...

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FRAUD RISK INVESTIGATIONS

CRI® Group develops preventative measures that have helped organisations worldwide identify a material weakness in internal controls to mitigate collusive activity and reduce the liabilities associated with corporate fraud. Our international team of Certified Fraud...

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INVESTIGATIONS

Intellectual Property can be a business's most valuable asset. So when outside parties threaten to steal your ideas, copy your products or disrupt your marketing channels, corrective action on your part can become tedious, time-consuming...

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EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS

How do you know the candidate you just offered a role to is the ideal candidate? Are you 100% sure that everything they’re telling you is the truth? Or are you just 90% certain? They...

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ANTI-BRIBERY SOLUTIONS

Corruption and bribery affect any organisation, large or small, public or not-for-profit. It has the potential to cause severe harm to your business, including financial loss, dire legal consequences, damage to your brand, company’s reputation...

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COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS

CRI® Group’s compliance solutions are tailored to your organisation’s needs, helping assure compliance in all areas and keeping you one step ahead of regulatory requirements. Money laundering is a serious global issue and recent legislation is...

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BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS

Background screening investigations are critical to any company’s success because working with qualified, honest, and hard-working employees and other businesses is an integral part of thriving in the business community. What you don’t know can...

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THIRD-PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT

Third-Party Risk Management Solutions   COVID-19 is making many organizations rethink the nature of work, workforces, and workplaces as talent gaps appear, analytics and automation has it traditionally human-performed jobs have to be re-considered. Third...

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INVESTIGATIVE SOLUTIONS

With the help of investigative solutions, CRI® Group’s team of experts can help safeguard your business from unseen threats such as employee fraud, compliance issues, third-party risk factors, and other concerns that can quickly —...

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INSURANCE FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS

Insurance fraud is something that no company can afford. CRI® Group’s investigations cover the full range of insurance fraud cases, from healthcare fraud to disability and even fake death claims. Our experts are trained to...

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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

Business Intelligence is most effective when it combines data derived from the market in which your business operates (external) with data from within such as financial and operations data (internal). When combined, this data can...

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DUE DILIGENCE 360°

Due diligence on potential business partners, when adding a new vendor or even when hiring a new employee is vital to confirm the legitimacy and reduce the risks associated with such professional relationships. Global integrity...

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