AM ForensicsControl Risks alternatives
Control Risks is a global specialist risk consultancy covering political risk, security, crisis management, compliance, and investigations, serving multinationals operating in complex environments. If it is not the right fit for what you are trying to do, here is the honest field — including where Control Risks still wins.
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Software
Something runs in production and processes your volume. You still own the judgment and the documentation.
Capacity
People work your queue. Solves volume, but whoever operates the program cannot independently test it.
An opinion
A named professional assesses your position and signs a written conclusion that has to survive challenge.
/ 10 Control Risks alternatives, ranked by fit
Ranked by how often they turn out to be the right answer for the teams that come to us — not by how much we would like you to pick them.
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Independent practice
AM Forensics
An independent investigative due-diligence practice: open-source intelligence, public and corporate records, and metadata investigations for financial institutions, fintechs, investors, and counsel. Choose it when: US public and corporate records depth, single-subject engagements, and findings framed for a financial-crime compliance file.
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Corporate intelligence & cyber
S-RM
S-RM is a corporate intelligence and cyber-security consultancy providing due diligence, investigations, and incident response, with a strong presence in the private-equity and law-firm markets. Best for: Private-equity and corporate transaction diligence at pace across multiple targets.
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Global investigations firm
Kroll
Kroll is the best-known name in corporate investigations, offering business intelligence, due diligence, forensic accounting, and cyber investigations at global scale. It is the default choice for large corporates and law firms on high-stakes matters. Best for: High-stakes, multi-jurisdiction matters where human source networks and firm standing are central to the outcome.
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Global investigations firm
Nardello & Co.
Nardello & Co. is a global investigations firm founded by a former federal prosecutor, known for discreet, senior-led work on complex disputes, FCPA matters, and reputational investigations. Best for: Sensitive, high-stakes matters requiring discretion and senior former-government judgment.
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Investigative due diligence firm
Mintz Group
Mintz Group is a specialist investigations firm focused on background investigations, due diligence, and fact-finding for law firms, corporates, and investors, with a strong reputation for rigorous, source-based work. Best for: Counsel and corporates needing rigorous background and diligence work across multiple jurisdictions.
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Corporate ownership data platform
Sayari
Sayari builds a graph of global corporate ownership, trade, and supply-chain data, letting analysts trace beneficial ownership and counterparty networks across jurisdictions from a single interface. Best for: Teams doing continuous network analysis at volume who have analysts to run it.
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Due-diligence research database
LexisNexis Diligence
LexisNexis provides due-diligence research tooling built on its news, legal, and public-records archives, letting compliance teams run adverse-media, sanctions, and background searches from a single platform. Best for: Compliance teams running regular adverse-media and background searches in volume.
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Screening & risk-intelligence database
LSEG World-Check
World-Check, now part of LSEG Risk Intelligence, is one of the most widely used screening databases for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media, embedded in KYC workflows across the financial-services industry. Best for: Any institution needing production sanctions and PEP screening embedded in onboarding.
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Risk database & entity data
Moody's Grid
Moody's Grid is a risk database of sanctioned, politically exposed, and adversely reported entities, offered alongside Moody's broader entity, ownership, and company-data holdings for KYC and third-party screening. Best for: Institutions screening large counterparty or vendor populations across multiple risk types.
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Public-records search platform
Thomson Reuters CLEAR
CLEAR aggregates US public records — addresses, corporate filings, liens, court records, licensing, and more — into a single investigative search platform used by investigators, law enforcement, and compliance teams. Best for: In-house investigative teams with the credentials, training, and time to run searches themselves.
Subject Scoping Call
A 30-minute call on one live subject: what the open record is likely to hold, what it will not, and what a defensible report would cost. If the answer is that you do not need an investigation, we will tell you.
- Realistic read on what OSINT and records can establish
- Jurisdiction and source-availability constraints, up front
- Fixed price and turnaround before you commit