Spotlight | United States
Stone Point at the heart of Kroll versus Kroll legal battle

United States
Succession crisis at K2 Integrity is straight out of 'Succession'

HBO has announced that its hit series "Succession" will return in early 2023. Those who can't wait can tune in to K2 Integrity, where a real life father-son drama starring Jules and Jeremy Kroll has led to internal strife, staff defections and US operations that are haemorrhaging money to the tune of $1m in losses per month, a well-placed source estimates.

Spotlight | United States
Kroll, JS Held, Ankura, Big Four: corporate intelligence giants battle for market supremacy

Faced with a booming and rapidly consolidating investigations market, corporate intelligence companies are trying to steer a course through uncharted waters.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
K2, Jonathan Benton, The Ambassador Partnership, Talos

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to New York, London, Paris and Kyiv.

New YorkK2's NY office has busy agenda.

LondonAnti-corruption investigator Jonathan Benton sets up foundation.

Paris/LondonESL & Network teams with Britain's The Ambassador Partnership.

KyivCisco Talos mobilised to counter Russian cyber activism in Ukraine.

Cyprus, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom
KPMG and Kroll forensic experts focus on Kazakh recycling

To defend their side of the legal wrangle between the previous and current management of Kazakh paper recycling firm Kagazy that came to a close in December, Maksat Arip and Tomas Werner sought help from forensics investigators at KPMG and Kroll.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
W1, new Washington outfit of David Tinsley, American 'fixer' of the SFO

Described by a British court as the "fixer" between the Serious Fraud Office and UnaOil in one of the most sensitive corruption cases that the British anti-corruption authority has faced, the US private investigator David Tinsley has welcomed the attention to open a new firm close to the US anti-corruption authorities.

Israel, Turkey, United States
Alexander Machkevich, the financier diplomat helping Turkey reconcile with Israel

Despite their ongoing differences, Ankara has reached out to Tel Aviv as it continues to patch up relations with its regional neighbours, helped by advocates of the reconciliation in both Turkey and Israel. These proponents of a warming of relations include Mendy Chitrik, head of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States that receives funding from Kazakh oligarch Alexander Machkevich.

United States
White House's grand anti-corruption policy is boon to corporate intelligence firms

The latest anti-corruption guidelines from the White House have financial investigation firms champing at the bit.

United States
Former FBI bigwig bolsters Arcturus' security platform

Created in Massachusetts by a trio of entrepreneurs, Arcturus Intelligence is testing its secure data aggregation platform in several African countries.

Spotlight | United States
Kroll versus Kroll, the 2021 round

Kroll group has reopened old wounds dating to the creation of K2 with its latest attack on founder Jules Kroll before a US court on 10 November.

Spotlight | Russia
Vneshprombank and its investigators disavowed by UK top court

After being declared bankrupt in 2016, Russian bank Vneshprombank is still trying to prove its fraud allegations against Georgy Bedzhamov. The bank faces a new legal setback over its investigation techniques and the "errors" made by its data investigators.