Human Intelligence Investigations in Latin AmericaIn a region like Latin America, the investigative landscape is one in which open source intelligence ('OSINT') is simply insufficient for...
Welcome to the Jungle, Watch Your Back: Fraud, Cons, and Schemes in Latin AmericaImagine this. You run a small but successful lending business in a Latin American country. Most of your clients are foreigners who own...
The Forest for the Trees: Managing Enterprise RiskStarting a new business or new venture as part of an existing business can be a frightening proposition. That’s because risk is inherent...
Leveraging Open Source Data: a Panama Case StudyLeveraging open source data can be a critical complement to a thorough investigation in Latin America. As an example, on a recent...
Beyond the Numbers: Valuation and Forensic AccountingIn everyday conversation, it's common to hear that 'x' person or company is 'worth n number of dollars'. When people make these sorts of...
Uncharted Territory: Investigations in Latin AmericaFor those looking in from the outside, Latin America may be a great place to do business, but it can also be "uncharted territory,"...
Conducting Anti-Corruption Due Diligence in Latin AmericaGiven the headline-grabbing corruption scandals affecting Latin America; the aggressive enforcement of anti-corruption laws by...
Built for Speed: Implications of Panama's New System of Oral Trials for Attorneys, InvestigatorsOn 2 September 2016, Panama implemented the Adversarial Criminal System (Sistema Penal Acusatorio, or SPA)--a new system of oral criminal...