Corporate Investigation and Risk Intelligence Across 100+ Countries
Every serious business decision carries a risk you cannot see from a desk. A new distributor with a polished website and a trail of unpaid suppliers. A senior hire whose degree came from a university that does not exist. A factory quietly producing your product under someone else's label. By the time these problems show up in your numbers, the damage is already done.
Risk Investigators exists to find those problems first. We are an international corporate investigation firm headquartered in Dubai, UAE, and an online venture of GREVESGROUP®, a group with more than 30 years of investigation experience. Our investigators handle around 1,000 cases a year across more than 100 countries for law firms, insurers, banks, brand owners and corporate risk teams.
What you get from us is verified fact, gathered lawfully and reported in a form you can act on: sign the deal or walk away, pay the claim or contest it, file the case or settle.
Investigation Services Built Around Business Risk
Each of our services answers a specific business question. Most clients start with one and come back for others as their exposure changes.
Corporate Investigation
When you suspect fraud, asset diversion, bribery or employee misconduct, you need evidence, not rumours. Our corporate fraud investigations establish what happened, who was involved and what can be recovered, with findings built for disciplinary, civil or criminal proceedings.
IP Investigation
Counterfeiters and infringers hide behind shell companies and anonymous online stores. Our intellectual property investigations trace the manufacturer, the supply chain and the money, and give your lawyers the evidence they need for raids, seizures and litigation.
Claim Investigation
Inflated and staged claims cost insurers heavily every year. Our insurance claim investigations cover life, health, motor, property, marine and liability claims, separating genuine claims from fraudulent ones through field verification, interviews and document checks.
Background Check
A CV tells you what a candidate wants you to know. Our employment background checks and executive screening verify identity, education, employment history, directorships, litigation and reputation in every relevant country.
Due Diligence
Before you invest, acquire, lend or partner, you should know who really owns and controls the other side. Our corporate due diligence reports cover beneficial ownership, sanctions exposure, litigation, politically exposed persons and on-the-ground reputation.
Brand Protection
Counterfeit goods hit revenue, customer safety and brand trust at the same time. Our brand protection services combine online monitoring, market surveys, test purchases and enforcement support to stop infringers at source.
Process Service
Serving legal documents abroad is easy to get wrong and costly to repeat. Our international process servers handle personal service and service under the Hague Service Convention, with proof of service that courts accept.
Private Investigation
Some business matters do not fit a neat category. Our private investigators support companies and law firms with discreet enquiries, witness tracing, asset searches and surveillance for commercial disputes. We work for businesses only.
Investigators on the Ground in More Than 100 Countries
Online databases only take you so far. In many markets the records that matter sit in a local court registry or a municipal office, and the best intelligence comes from people who know the market. Our investigators work in-country, in local languages, with a working knowledge of local law and business culture.
That coverage spans Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas, including markets where reliable information is hard to find. From Dubai we run multi-country investigations under one case manager, one reporting standard and one point of contact. If your matter starts in one country and leads to three more, you do not need to brief a new firm each time. We follow the trail wherever it goes.
How an Investigation Works
Confidential consultation
You tell us what you need to know and why. We sign a non-disclosure agreement before sensitive details change hands.
Scope and quote
We propose a clear scope, methods, timeline and fee. Timelines depend on the matter and the jurisdictions involved, and we tell you upfront.
Investigation
Your case manager coordinates record research, open source intelligence, field enquiries and interviews, with updates at agreed points.
Reporting
You receive a written report that separates verified facts from intelligence, cites sources and explains what the findings mean for your decision.
Why Businesses Choose Risk Investigators
Three decades of group experience
GREVESGROUP® has run investigations for more than 30 years. That experience shapes how we scope, run and report every case.
One partner, many jurisdictions
You do not need to find and manage an investigator in each country. We handle it under one engagement.
Evidence that holds up
Findings are gathered lawfully and documented properly, so your lawyers can use them.
Plain reporting
No padding and no jargon. We tell you what we found, how confident we are and what it means.
Confidentiality, Ethics and Lawful Methods
An investigation is only valuable if it is lawful. We follow the laws of every jurisdiction we work in, including data protection rules such as the UAE Personal Data Protection Law and the EU GDPR where they apply. We do not hack accounts, intercept communications or obtain protected records illegally. Every case is handled on a need-to-know basis, and client identities are never disclosed to subjects.
NDA first
Signed before sensitive details change hands.
Local law followed
Including UAE PDPL and EU GDPR where they apply.
Need-to-know
Client identities are never disclosed to subjects.
No illegal methods
No hacking, interception or unlawful record access.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers about how we work. For more, see our full list of questions.
Read all FAQsWhere is Risk Investigators based?
Our headquarters is at Level 29, Marina Plaza, Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE. We operate through Greves Verification Solutions DWC LLC, a company registered in Dubai, and run investigations in more than 100 countries.
Do you take cases from individuals?
No. We work only for businesses, law firms, insurers, financial institutions and other organisations. We do not accept personal or matrimonial cases.
How much does an investigation cost?
Cost depends on the scope, the countries involved and the methods required. After a short consultation we send a written quote before any work starts.
Request a Confidential Investigation
If you are facing a decision, a dispute or a suspicion that needs facts behind it, talk to us. Call +971 4 278 0975, email info@gvs.ae or use our secure form to request an investigation.