INVESTIGATIONS
Investigations and
asset searches
Tailored investigations based on a specific question or suspicion. For when you need to know what actually happened.
LEADING IN
Integrity Due Diligence
in the Nordics since 2002
GLOBAL COVERAGE
80+
countries
EXPERIENCE
20+
years of experience
ABOUT THE SERVICE
When a question needs an answer
It starts from a specific question
01
We use the same in-depth methods as in acquisitions and senior appointments. The difference is the starting point. A background review is usually un-prejudiced, whereas an investigation as a rule begins with something specific: a suspicion, a claim that needs verifying, or something that simply does not add up.
Verify or dismiss
02
This can range from false invoicing by an employee or a supplier to suspicions of plagiarism or theft of intellectual property. We get to the bottom of what has happened and can then verify or dismiss the claims.
Open sources and your own material
03
We use a very large number of open sources together with the client's own source material, for example email logs, invoices and other financial information. This gives you a concrete basis for a decision.
Every investigation begins with a question. Our job is to answer it, with facts.
LOOK CLOSER, SEDAN 2002
WHEN IT APPLIES
When do you need us?
1
Suspected irregularity
Indications that something is not right, internally with an employee or with a supplier.
2
Assets need to be located
Ahead of or during a claim, dispute or proceedings, in the Nordics or around the world.
3
Information needs to be verified
Assertions, documents or relationships that need to be confirmed or dismissed with documented facts.
4
Suspected fraud or theft
False invoicing, plagiarism, theft of intellectual property or other forms of irregularity.
5
A basis for a decision
When internal audit or management needs to know whether a matter should be opened, reported to the police or dismissed.
“A board has a duty to act and to take measures, for example where a CEO has done something seriously wrong.It cannot then wait three or four years for a prosecutor or an authority to reach a conclusion.
So it is about understanding quickly what has happened, and that begins with the facts.”
Biörn Riese, Jurie Advokatbyrå
OUR APPROACH
How we work
Every assignment begins with a clearly defined scope. From there we work methodically and discreetly.
01
Framing the question
Together with you we define exactly what is to be answered.
02
Collection
Open sources are combined with your own material: email logs, invoices, financial information
03
Mapping and asset search
Where needed, location of assets and mapping of relationships and structures.
04
Analysis
The material is brought together into a coherent picture, focused on your original question.
05
Basis for decisions
A clear account of the facts, the conclusions and any remaining uncertainties.
EXAMPLES FROM OUR WORK
What it can look like
Two anonymised examples showing how an investigation can take shape and what it can lead to.
CRONYISM
A relationship that should not have existed
A client received a tip-off that an employee had a private relationship with a local subcontractor. By mapping the individuals and companies in the employee's network, several people were identified as recipients of payments from the client. Close associates in serious personal financial difficulty turned out to be invoicing for full-time work while holding other full-time employment.
The investigation was also able to show that the employee was a part-owner of companies that ultimately received the payments.
INTERNAL FRAUD
When the suspicion was confirmed
A person in a position of trust was suspected of living beyond their means. The suspicions were confirmed through local research in several countries. When the person's computer and telephone were examined, clear evidence of fraud was found, in the form of forged signatures and invoices.
Because the process was handled professionally, the client was able both to pursue civil proceedings and to assist in the subsequent criminal investigation.
All examples are anonymised. Look Closer never names clients or assignments without explicit permission.
DELIVERABLES
What you receive
REPORT
A tailored report
An answer to your specific question, documented and traceable.
ASSETS
Asset search
An understanding of what assets exist, where they are and whether they can be recovered.
MAPPING
Relationship and structure analysis
How people, companies and transactions are actually connected.
CANDOUR
Transparency about uncertainties
We always set out what is established and what remains unclear. We draw no conclusions that the material does not support.
BASIS FOR DECISIONS
A basis for the next step
Material for internal audit and management: open a case, report it to the police or dismiss it.
DISCRETION
Complete discretion
The entire investigation is carried out discreetly, whatever the outcome.
WHy LOOK CLOSER
Used to finding what is hard to find
Since 2002 Look Closer has carried out investigations and asset searches in Sweden and internationally. The team brings experience from intelligence work, journalism, law and finance.
Tailored
No two investigations are alike. We shape each assignment around the question you want answered, not around a ready-made product.
International reach
Through our partner network in more than 80 countries we handle international investigations and asset searches.
Fact-based
We deliver facts, not speculation, and material that stands up to further legal handling.
CONTACT
Discuss an assignment
An initial conversation is always without preconditions. We navigate complexity and help you make decisions on a secure basis.
info@lookcloser.se
lookcloser.se
Norra Kungstornet
Kungsgatan 30, 8 tr
111 35 Stockholm
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