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More InformationIn this episode, Integrity Insights host Filip Brokes is joined by Vlada Tkach, Managing Partner at Berlin Risk, and Verena Horne, Director at Berlin Risk, to discuss what background checks and integrity due diligence can uncover in practice.
Drawing on anonymised cases from their work at Berlin Risk, Vlada, Verena and Filip discuss a senior executive who retained a concealed interest in a competitor, a purported Hong Kong investor whose multibillion-dollar infrastructure claims proved fictitious, and a supposed Turkish construction group that was effectively a one-person operation.
The conversation also examines investment funds linked to a sanctioned associate of Vladimir Putin, corruption allegations surrounding a Central European manufacturer ahead of its IPO, and the importance of combining public-record research with human-source enquiries.
Filip, Vlada and Verena explain how investigators assess and contextualise reputational, regulatory, sanctions, political-exposure and financial-crime risks – and how due diligence can help organisations avoid problematic investments, appointments and business relationships without necessarily preventing legitimate transactions from proceeding.
The episode is relevant for listeners working in integrity due diligence, compliance, AML/CFT, sanctions, investment risk, corporate intelligence, OSINT and investigations.
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