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Proposal Prepared for Nissan

CRI Group Specialised Services

January 2013


International business crime is on the rise.

And there isn’t a place on earth CRI Group can’t reach.

• As one of the most respected names in global risk management, CRI Group protects the business interests of organisations worldwide with services ranging from business intelligence and employment screening to security consulting and intellectual property protection.


• CRI Group is a global provider of investigative, forensic accounting, business due diligence and employee background screening services for some of the world’s leading business organisations.

• A Licensed and Incorporated entity of the Dubai International Financial Centre-DIFC, CRI Group safeguards businesses by establishing the legal compliance, financial viability and integrity levels of outside partners, suppliers and customers seeking to affiliate with your business.


• With more than 20 years of service in the industry, CRI Group has cultivated long-term relationships with clients, helping them to grow and achieve their goals by providing them with expertise in detecting and preventing risks to their business.

• Our wide-range of specialists have expert knowledge of international laws (including bribery and corruption standards) and they perform their services discreetly — yet effectively.


Implemented and Certified

ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management Systems)

ISO27001:2005 (Information Security Management Systems)


A Record of Success

• The list of clients who have benefited from CRI Group’s services includes major investors in the Middle East, Asia and republics of the former USSR.

• For these organisations, CRI Group’s Business Integrity Services were invaluable in evaluating compliance issues, operating practices and other critical areas of business.


A Record of Success

• During the course of our investigations, CRI Group’s experts determined that a number of the companies were involved in unethical business practices.

• CRI Group provided crucial information to our clients to help them make the right business decisions moving forward.


A Record of Success

• CRI Group has also performed many other services in the region, including due diligence and conflict of interest investigations in cases impacted by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act.

• At CRI Group, our knowledge and service extends across all international borders, and our experts are ready to help safeguard your business today.


Fraud and White-Collar Crime Investigation

• Organisations worldwide lose an estimated 5 percent of their revenues to fraud, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ 2012 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse.

• Additionally, our own research indicates that the vast majority of fraudulent activity originates from:



• Money laundering

• Intellectual property crimes

• Embezzlement

• Cheque and credit card fraud

• Online cyber fraud



• Fraud can also include false accounting, cash theft, asset misappropriation, bribery, corruption, contract and procurement fraud, payroll fraud and numerous other misdeeds.



• The future of your business depends on safeguarding assets and investments from fraud.

• CRI Group’s fraud and white-collar crime investigations and risk consulting services have helped financial institutions, corporations, partnerships and individuals around the world minimize fraud and the risks associated with operating a business.


Fraud Is An Inside Job• Most fraud schemes are committed by

individuals within the organisation.

• These employees abuse their position of trust and access to gain financially through illegal and/or unethical means against their employer.


Fraud Is An Inside Job• While most employees are honest in most situations, studies

have shown that the right combination of financial need, rationalisation and opportunity could lead even a trusted employee to commit fraud.

• Worse, most frauds last an average of 18 months before they are detected — by which time they have done irreversible damage, and the pilfered funds may never be recovered.


A Proactive Approach to Prevention and Detection

• CRI Group will help your business identify risk areas, develop and successfully implement internal controls to prevent fraud, create an effective reporting system and meet all regulatory and compliance requirements.


Fraud Investigation• When fraud is found or suspected, the CRI team of specialised

fraud analysts acts aggressively to investigate the matter and collect the full range of evidence needed to determine the facts of the case.

• We use proven techniques to conduct detailed asset checks, background verifications, surveillance and other forms of investigation and analysis. Our experts will work with your internal and legal teams to establish the facts, in even the most difficult and complex cases.


Background Investigations

• Hiring qualified, honest and hard-working employees is an integral key to thriving in the business community. What you don’t know can hurt you, and the simple act of employing one “bad apple” can result in unprecedented loss for your company.

• CRI Group recommends pre-employment screenings as a proactive part of keeping your business safe.


Background Investigations

• CRI Group is a leading worldwide provider of specialised international background screenings, and our intricate risk assessment programs include a results analysis of background checks and recommendations on human resource data protection.


Background Checks

• The following are some of the key elements our background checks can provide:


Background Checks

• Employment Verification: Employment verifications can provide critical information on applicants and vendors including: past employers, locations of past employment, dates employed, salary levels, reasons for leaving, position titles, gaps in employment history and pertinent contact information.


Background Checks

• Education Verification: We can confirm school grades, degrees and professional qualifications. We have developed relationships with many colleges and universities across the globe, allowing us to receive near-instant confirmation on educational information — saving you time and energy.


Background Checks

• Criminal History: We can perform international criminal record searches at nearly every level of government. Reports are comprised of all convictions for the applicant in the requested jurisdictions. We work directly with court research specialists (or on a one-on-one basis with the court specified) to verify original court documentation.


Background Checks

• We also perform detailed checks related to:

– Verification of Residence (past and present)– Name, Address, DOB and National

Identify Card Number Verification– Pre-Employment Credit Check– Background Information on Former Employers– Bankruptcy Searches


Background Checks

– Financial Regulatory – Directorships and Significant Shareholdings– Professional Qualifications & Memberships– Criminal Watch List– Employment References– Media Search


Background Checks

– Analytical Research of Credential Breaches– Anti-Money Laundering Check– Entitlement To Work Check (Australia, UK, UAE, Singapore

and other jurisdictions) – FACIS Database Check


Global Provider of Background Investigations

• Because CRI maintains a diverse talent base comprised of multilingual and multi-cultural professionals, we are able to traverse obstacles that often impede international investigations.

• Our investigative reach extends to geographic regions not serviced or accessible by larger investigative firms.


Global Provider of Background Investigations

• CRI investigators professionals come from diverse backgrounds and multi-disciplined specialties to provide you with the highest level of service, and producing quality results that fit within your time frame and budget.


Business Intelligence

• Information is one of your most valuable assets. At CRI Group, we use a thorough — yet discreet — approach to conducting business investigations and intelligence gathering, providing you with the insight you need to make the right decisions and plan the right strategy for the growth and success of your business.



• CRI Group takes two approaches to business intelligence and investigation:– Primary Investigative Operations: This concentrated

specialty focuses on the current status of your business. CRI Group will take an in-depth look at the location of assets and all pertinent financial information related to the business. We also have the ability to conduct background investigations on officers and employees within the organisation.



– Intelligence Operations: The core of CRI Group’s intelligence operations focuses on researching the future and potential growth of a business.

– The CRI Group team will determine your company’s strengths and weaknesses, while studying its research and development programs, marketing and expansion plans and ability to establish advantageous business partnerships.


Corporate Security and Investigation

• CRI Group’s analytical research consultants will help you ascertain, evaluate and develop all of your corporate security investigative requirements. CRI Group specialises in a full range of services including:– Intellectual Property Investigations: Let our experts help

you protect your rights to trademarks, patents, designs, copyrighted material and trade secrets.



– Corporate Investigations: Don’t fall victim to insider theft such as embezzlement, asset misappropriation and other schemes. CRI Group’s Certified Fraud Examiners can help you detect and prevent fraud in your business.

– Insurance Fraud Investigations: Take advantage of CRI Group’s special expertise in insurance fraud, including both business and personal claims.



– Risk Management: Prevent fraud before it happens. Our experts will work to identify your fraud risks and help you develop the methods to counter them.

– Corporate Security Consulting: Our team will address data protection, financial fraud risks, insider threats and all manner of issues that can harm your business. By being proactive, you can prevent devastating losses down the line.



– Corporate Crime Investigations: Fraud can be a complex crime. Investigating suspected fraud requires expertise to ensure that evidence is gathered and handled correctly, interviews are conducted effectively and laws are carefully followed in the course of the investigation. CRI Group’s investigative team should be your first call if you suspect fraud at your business.


Forensic Accounting and Investigation

• These are challenging economic times. Increased financial pressure often means an increase in fraud, making internal controls and thorough record-keeping absolute necessities for your business.

• Only a team of highly qualified forensic accountants and investigators can certify your books, track potential fraud and ensure that your company is moving forward safely.


Depend on the Experts

• CRI Group provides a team of seasoned accountants and Certified Fraud Examiners who combine their skills in forensic accounting and investigation to ensure your company is without financial discrepancies.

• If you have an issue that escalates to the point of legal proceedings, our team will be at your side to testify as expert witnesses should it be required.


Depend on the Experts

• Within CRI Group’s forensic accounting and investigative services, we also offer specialised expertise in several areas — including insurance and personal claims, and construction and public audits.


• According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, fraudulent claims steal $80 billion (U.S.) a year from honest, hard-working Americans. Just imagine the total lost worldwide — the cost to employers is astounding.

Insurance Fraud Investigations


• Insurance fraud is something that no company can afford. Experts in the CRI Group’s Special Investigative Unit (SIU) will be your active partner in investigating insurance claims through insurance carriers, self-insured corporations, third-party administrators and insurance defense law firms.



• CRI Group’s investigators and researchers complete thousands of insurance investigations each month, supporting clients with detailed evidence that is used in courts of law. The Insurance Claim Investigation Division specialises in discreet and effective gathering of information to get you the answers you need.



SIU Services

• SIU’s Division of Insurance Claim Investigations handles several forms of insurance claim investigations, including (but not limited to):– Factual claims investigations– Witness statements– Workers compensation– Background investigations– Disability claims


SIU Services

– Asset searches– Motor vehicle injury claims– Liability claims– Medical audits and clinic investigations (medical fraud

investigations)– Property claims– Death verifications– Travel claims


SIU Services

– SIU services– Fraud investigations– Activity checks

• We are proud to be a leader in insurance investigative services. We guarantee quality research by maintaining our high standard of integrity, occupational ethics, superior customer service, cooperation and a proven track record of results.


Intellectual Property Investigations

• Intellectual property (IP) theft is one of the more insidious threats facing any business in today’s worldwide economy.

• Combating it can be a challenge involving complicated investigative and legal measures, and a sometimes difficult burden of proof.


Intellectual Property Investigations

• CRI Group is the only CounterSearch member of the ICC Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau that is certified to assist companies and law firms with intellectual property (IP) investigations that cover gray market and product counterfeiting crimes.

• We also investigate claims against trade secrets, product leaks, theft of proprietary customer data and other assets unique to the company and/or its manufacturer.


IP Services

• CRI Group offers a wide range of investigative services that can:– Identify the company and/or individuals that have

breached your IP rights– Outline the source and location of the manufacturer in

counterfeit product claims– Establish new delivery channels for the trade of your

products


IP Services

– Perform background and financial investigation on the subjects involved

– Research and investigate the legal aspects of the claim, including copyrights, trademarks and patents


IP Services

• IP investigations, by nature, tend to be large cases that span many locations.

• CRI Group has established strategic partnerships with additional international IP firms and the experts of the ICC Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau to cover more area in a shorter amount of time.


Investigative Due Diligence Services

• Successful risk management begins with a scrutinized understanding of the individuals and organisations with whom you’re conducting business.

• It also requires compliance with international laws, which can be complex and are often changing.



• For more than 20 years, CRI Group has been safeguarding clients around the globe by providing investigative due diligence and business investigative services, utilising a vast network of professional resources strategically located throughout key regions of the Asia Pacific, South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.



• CRI Group establishes the legal compliance, financial viability and integrity levels of those outside partners, suppliers, customers and other sources worldwide that seek potential affiliations with your business.


Secure Business in a Global Economy

• Due diligence is especially critical when dealing with businesses or governmental organisations in developing markets.

• Remote locations can bring a variety of challenges and risks such as corruption, misunderstood laws that lead to unenforceable contracts, organised crime, terrorist financing and money laundering.


Secure Business in a Global Economy

• These and other risks must be weighed by professionals familiar with these markets and thoroughly evaluated to reduce the risk to your business.


Worldwide Compliance

• CRI Group’s Investigative Due Diligence services provide the specialized intelligence needed by global financial institutions and multinational corporations to guarantee complete compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations and legislation involving transnational implications.


Your Team of Experts

• With a network of Certified Fraud Examiners, Compliance Officers and Research Consultants possessing diverse industry backgrounds and strategically positioned across five continents, we operate one of the largest multi-national Fraud Investigation teams the industry has to offer.

• Trusted by more than 3,800 clients worldwide, CRI’s due diligence reports offer quality reporting on demand.



• CRI Group’s Investigative Due Diligence service is a comprehensive risk management tool for when your business:– Is performing pre-merger and acquisition research and

pre-IPO due diligence– Offers and enters into newly formed international joint

ventures– Engages with a new banking or commercial client



– Employs, contracts or retains foreign business partners– Follows regulatory compliance and corporate governance

best practice– Requires a consistent and audit-worthy AML and anti-

corruption compliance programme



• Used as part of a comprehensive risk management programme, CRI Due Diligence services provide detailed insight to reduce business, legal and reputation risks.

• Let us help you navigate uncharted business waters with our team of experts who are ready to serve your needs.


Our Values and Standards

• Our Clients — We are dedicated to providing the highest level of professional excellence and result-oriented delivery systems.

• We strive to identify the most critical needs of our clients, and tailor our services to each of them individually — in a manner that is most effective toward achieving their goals.



• Furthermore, we serve our clients with the utmost privacy and discretion, always protecting their confidentiality and holding their trust in the highest regard.

• Our Fellow Employees — Our ability to succeed depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity, flexibility and teamwork of CRI Group employees.



• To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork potential.

• Each of us is responsible for creating a climate of trust and respect.



• Our Communities and Society — Being a good corporate citizen, we comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

• Also, we serve our society, from the local communities in which we operate to the national and international levels, by supporting programmes that advance knowledge and education and improve social standards.


CEO’s Message

• In the global world of rapidly expanding, fast-paced technology, your global trading practices need to include intricate systems for detecting the security breaches in your financial operations...and be able to repair those breaches before they do harm to your business.


CEO’s Message

• CRI Group brings that corporate investigative security to your doorstep.

• Our consultants are specially trained as Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs), well-educated in your specific industry, and highly goal-oriented to achieve objectives and provide effective solutions tailored to your business.


CEO’s Message

• As a Certified Fraud Examiner and a foremost member of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Pakistan, I have been keen to provide expert assistance to trade clients spanning a variety of business sectors worldwide, thus addressing their different spheres of needs, including corporate fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement and other internal/external managerial mishaps.


CEO’s Message

• I am confident CRI Group can address those needs within your organization, and I pledge to provide a level of professionalism unmatched in the industry.

• I look forward to speaking with you about your corporate security and investigative consulting needs.


CEO’s Message

Regards,

Zafar I. Anjum, CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner)CEO, Corporate Research & Investigations Group (Pvt.) Ltd.


Memberships and Partners

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Middle East & North AfricaCorporate Research and Investigations LLCLevel 9, #904, Liberty House, DIFCP.O. Box 111794Dubai, UAETel: +971-4-3589884Cell: +971 50 9038184Fax: +971 4 3589094Email: [email protected]: www.CRIgroup.com

CRI Group QatarLevel 22, Tornado TowerAl-Funduq StreetPO Box 27774Doha, QatarTel: +974 44292434Email: [email protected]: www.crigroup.com

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AsiaPakistan OfficeLevel 12, #1210, 121155-B, Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) TowersJinnah Avenue, Blue AreaIslamabad, PakistanPO Box 2144Tel: +92 51 111 888 400Toll Free : 0800 00 CRI (274)Email: [email protected]

Singapore Office14 Robinson Road #13-00Far East Finance BuildingSingapore 048545Tel: +65 64949272Fax: +65 3125 7132Email: [email protected]: www.CRIgroup.asia


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Europe EMEA Head OfficeLevel 33

25 Canada SquareLondon E14 5LQUnited Kingdom

Tel: +44 207 038 8023Cell: +44 7588 454959

Email: [email protected]: www.crigroup.co.uk


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