Enhanced Due Diligence
At Aretia, Enhanced Due Diligence is a solution designed for situations that demand scrutiny. Whether you’re engaging with high-risk counterparties, entering sensitive markets, or complying with evolving regulatory requirements, our EDD offering delivers a thorough, intelligence-led investigation that goes far beyond standard checks.
We combine open-source intelligence, proprietary research methodologies, and local in-country sources to provide a comprehensive view of the entity or individual in question. Our reports are structured to identify hidden risks, undisclosed affiliations, reputation issues, financial red flags, and legal or regulatory concerns—empowering you to make informed decisions with confidence.
Enhanced Due Diligence
- Pre-transaction background checks
- Beneficial ownership & source of wealth
- Political exposure & reputation reviews
Case Study 1
Key Highlight: Investigation uncovers an individual’s questionable wealth sources and family ties to arms trade.
While investigating on a 56-year-old individual from a South Asian country for an Investment transaction, his employment and business associations in his disclosures revealed that he has been a founder of a textile business since 2011 and no information before 2011 could be found through his online presence. Our investigative approach prompted that establishment of such a big textile company without a source of income was not possible. We then investigated the subject’s family members and found the family business to be in arms and ammunition sector. Research on these companies revealed several negative media related to various board members of the company; notably a paternal uncle of the target individual was found to be involved in the supply of arms and ammunition to a global terrorist organization. No direct risk was found on the target individual, but his source of wealth had become questionable due to the above findings.
Case Study 2
Key Highlight: Complex investigation uncovers alias use, legal disputes, and criminal charges.
While investigating for an investment purpose on an individual from North America, the individual’s email address revealed few social media accounts belonging to a person with a different name, which led to suspicion related to the individual’s identity. Further investigations revealed that the individual had been using a name which belonged to a deceased person and the name used on social media was the individual’s legal name. This could be confirmed through connections identified from Corporate and Regulatory records related to the individual. Further, on taking a new investigative route using the individual’s legal name, a plethora of negative findings were uncovered including court records against the individual, notably, a lawsuit with attempted murder charges on the target individual. While researching more on the individual’s family members, it was also found that the subject’s stepbrother was an inmate in prison. Social media analysis was a steppingstone in uncovering records and information which were seemingly being attempted to be kept hidden.
