Focus areas
Seven integrity risks, one consistent method
Choose the focus areas that matter for your decision. Each is analysed per country and sector with the same scoring logic, so results can be compared across topics and markets.
Why these seven
These are the risk areas in which companies face criminal or administrative liability, in which authorities publish what they enforce, and in which exposure differs markedly between countries and sectors. That makes them analysable from evidence rather than opinion.
You select all seven or only those relevant to your situation. A market-entry decision may call for bribery, sanctions and human rights; an annual compliance risk assessment usually covers all seven.
The focus areas
Anti-bribery & corruption
Public-official touchpoints, intermediaries and the enforcement record under FCPA, UK Bribery Act, Sapin II and local law.
Anti-money laundering
Customers, payment flows and partners measured against FATF status, the EU AML package and local enforcement.
Antitrust & competition
Cartel and abuse cases in your sectors, authority priorities and your contact points with competitors.
Fraud
Fraud against and for the company, by market and process, including the UK failure-to-prevent-fraud offence.
Data privacy
Regimes, transfer rules and the actual enforcement record of data-protection authorities in your countries.
Export control & sanctions
Dual-use controls, EU, UK and US sanctions, and diversion risk along your trade routes.
Human rights
Forced and child labour, working conditions and land rights in your supply chain, mapped to LkSG, CSDDD and import bans.
How focus areas combine with countries and sectors
Every selected focus area is assessed for each country × sector cell in your scope. One sector across five countries gives a sector-specific picture per market. One country across all sectors gives a country view. Several sectors in several markets give a full matrix.
The report shows where a risk is driven by the country, where by the sector, and where by the combination of both.
External and internal view
External analysis
Legal environment, enforcement by the competent authorities, cases and fines in your sector, cases at direct competitors and indicators with their limits stated, for each focus area.
Internal analysis (optional, under NDA)
Your own cases and investigations, business partners, sponsorships, donations, memberships, gifts and hospitality, mapped to the same focus areas and combined with the external view.
Comparable across topics
Each focus area is rated on the same five-level scale from likelihood and impact. The report explains every rating with its sources, so 'high' in antitrust and 'high' in human rights carry the same weight. See the method.
Seven focus areas, mapped against every source we read.
| Module 1 · External analysis | Module 2 · Internal analysis (NDA) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Focus area | Law & regulation | Enforcement record | Sector cases | Competitor cases | Indicators | Internal cases | Business partners | Sponsoring, donations, memberships | Gifts & hospitality |
| ABCAnti-bribery & corruption | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source |
| AMLAnti-money laundering | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Where relevant | Not used |
| ATRAntitrust & competition | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Where relevant | Core source | Where relevant | Core source | Where relevant |
| FRDFraud | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Where relevant | Core source | Core source | Where relevant | Where relevant |
| PRVData privacy | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Where relevant | Core source | Where relevant | Not used | Not used |
| EXCExport control & sanctions | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Where relevant | Core source | Core source | Not used | Not used |
| HRTHuman rights | Core source | Core source | Core source | Core source | Where relevant | Core source | Core source | Where relevant | Not used |
What we do not cover
We stay focused. Cybersecurity, tax and environment, health & safety (EHS) are outside our scope. Where a finding touches one of these areas, we flag it and recommend a specialist.
Tell us which risks matter for your decision.
Send us your countries, sectors and focus areas. We come back with a scope proposal covering timeline and price.