Spotlight | United Kingdom
Oligarch crackdown shakes up private investigation sector

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Russia
S-RM tackles Russian crypto crime

S-RM pulled out of the Russian market in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, due to concerns about compliance, but its cyber branch is expecting an uptick in Russian ransomware cases.

Ukraine
Kyiv remains determined to crack down on oligarchs despite war

Faced with the EU, the UK and the US's good governance demands, the Ukrainian government is being very vocal about its determination to curb the influence of oligarchs in strategic sectors - and hunt down their assets by the same token.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Accountants go after corporate investigators

As well as tracking down Russian clients, the UK's business intelligence community has found itself attracting interest from the world's leading accounting firms keen to develop their scope in the sector.

Russia, United Kingdom
Schillings, the last safe haven for Russia-focused investigators

Investigations firm Schillings, which specialises in reputation repair for oligarchs, appears to be going against the grain. While most of Londongrad's private investigators are fretting over losing business, the firm, which employs both lawyers and investigators, is betting on the future by expanding and recruiting more staff.

Spotlight | France
Russia-Ukraine war prompts France to patch over deep intelligence gaps

The Ukraine conflict has forced France, like Germany, to rethink its 2023 defence budget in order to funnel more funds into special operations and intelligence equipment. Each agency and branch of the army is compiling its list of urgent requests.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Sanctions race generates new market for investigation and assistance work for oligarchs

Londongrad has gone into a frenzy since the start of the Western riposte to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. The entire ecosystem which has grown up around the oligarchs is working to help them escape sanctions and limit the reputational and financial damage they are expected to cause.