INVESTIGATION, INTELLIGENCE & INFORMATION:

Amicus Mentor's 3I's Division assists businesses by gathering and providing information and by investigating data and assets in situations where sensitivity, discretion and attention to detail are of paramount importance.

The collection of business intelligence by our specialist information service is invaluable in enabling companies to make the right commercial decisions - whether it be investment in a merging market or a due-diligence enquiry.

For example, when a company is considering opening up an offshoot in Nigeria, they can rest assured that by using our specialist information service research, they are getting information from experienced, impartial, on-the-ground sources. Such up-to-the-minute advice can be invaluable - even in places like Silicone Valley - where the risks from seismic activity could far outweigh the more obvious dangers of too much sun and Californian wine and could certainly send building and insurance costs through the roof.

Our investigation and intelligence consultants and our legal team are available to undertake specialist due diligence enquiries, so that you always know exactly who and what you are dealing with, especially when involved in six-figure mergers and acquisitions, joint venture schemes, equity investments and distributor and licensee agreements. In addition, they ensure you are never caught out through ignorance of pending lawsuits or passed business failures or even by legal technicalities, jargon or hidden clauses in the smallprint. And should you become involved in litigation yourself, our team can provide well-researched and documented evidence to bring to court.

Within 3I's portfolio of services we also include:

Fraud:
Our specialist team of experts is primed to work on the detection, investigation and prevention of all fraud practices, at all levels within the organisaion and its subsidiaries.

Human Resources:
In this highly competitive world where employment agencies and even job applications are often known to massage the facts in their desperation to succeed, we offer a full pre-employment screening and validation service, so that you really do get the right person for the right job. This service can also extend to current staff, so that you never become vulnerable through their associations or activities.

Intellectual Property:
With intellectual property theft currently estimated to be in excess of $100 billion annually, and rising, our specialist advisors can prove invaluable in helping you to uncover not only any leaks in your system, but also the source and distribution routes of counterfeit products. In addition, they can work with the appropriate agencies both to confiscate the counterfeits and to assist in any legal proceedings.

'Day In The Life Of...':
High profile individuals are increasingly vulnerable to threats of all kinds. Just how much can depend enormously on lifestyle patterns. Amicus Mentor can give detailed professional assessment of your chosen lifestyle patterns and advice on how to be more secure, without security dominating your life.

Travel Security:
As a company with global experience and connections, we are well-placed to offer advice and training for employees departing to high-risk locations abroad: including assessments of the risks posed by living and operating within the country in question, precautions to take to minimise risk, and advice on appropriate action to take in the event of kidnapping, abduction, detention etc.

Natural Disaster:
We offer excellent advice and training on evacuation, rescue and survival for all organisations with property and assets at risk from environmental disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes and floods.

Tracing:
Using our connections worldwide we can offer an asset tracing service: whether it's a Picasso stolen from your boardroom or a million pairs of cut-price counterfeit denims flooding the market and threatening to destroy your worldwide sales.

Forensics:
Forensic analysis is increasingly used in a wide range of commercial and policing activities. Our forensic experts are able to analyse and examine everything from microscopic particle matter to data on computer hard drives: all of which can unleash a wealth of potentially vital hidden information and evidence. Forensic accountants, moreover can 'uncook' the books, uncovering fraudulent manipulation of funds: from personal expenses to money laundering.

Claims Validation:
Multi-million pound insurance or ransom claims do not happen every day, (although in some countries they are increasingly becoming a way of life) and when they do, the temptation is to panic and pay up. Years of international experience in this area has given our specialists an invaluable perspective on assessing and validating claims - both large and small - in context. This brings with it all the benefits of a considered, rational, informed strategy, rather than a knee jerk reaction, spreading confusion and mayhem in its wake.

Pre-employment Screening:
The requirement to vet an individual's bona fides can arise from many differing circumstances. The most common are mergers and acquisitions or employment applications. In the case of the latter, it is crucial that an applicant is whom he or she purports to be, qualifications are actually held and career progressions have in no way been distorted. Amicus:Mentor can undertake a range of pre-employment screening services to ensure the integrity of individuals and provide confidence to employers that they have been diligent in their recruiting procedures.

Detailed Case Studies are available on 3I's.

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