BLACKFILE solutions

Verify. Locate.Establish.

BLACKFILE helps clients check individuals and companies, establish facts, trace people and assets, assess risks and build an evidential basis for further action.

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37 services
with a defined method, timeframe and deliverable
7 practice areas
from verification to private and family matters

Each assignment is considered individually. Methods, team composition and the depth of work depend on the circumstances, jurisdictions and legal restrictions.

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01 Where to startVerify / Find / Establish / Protect / Recover

What do you need to do?

Choose a task and we will show which services fit and what you will receive. If there is no exact name, answer three questions.

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01 background-check

Check an individual

Establish biography, business history, connections, assets, court cases, reputational risks and possible contradictions.

When clients contact usA partner, executive, counterparty or private individual - before a transaction, appointment or important personal decision.

Result
  • Profile based on confirmed facts
  • Connections map
  • Discrepancies
  • Risk profile
Check an individual

Check a company

Establish owners and beneficial owners, verify management, ownership structure, litigation history, business reputation and hidden risks.

When clients contact usInvestment, contract, partnership or dispute - when public data on a company is not sufficient.

Result
  • ownership structure
  • identified beneficial owners
  • list of discrepancies
  • risk map
Check a company

Find a person

Establish the current location, activity, contacts and environment of a person within the limits of a lawful task.

When clients contact usA missing contact, an evasive party to a dispute, a witness or a relative in another country.

Result
  • last confirmed location
  • chronology of movements and activity
  • map of material connections
  • level of confirmation of the conclusions
Find a person

Find assets

Identify property and corporate interests, real estate, vehicles, companies and other available indicators of ownership or control.

When clients contact usBefore recovery, division, a transaction or a dispute - when it is important to understand the actual property position.

Result
  • Map of established assets
  • Ownership chart
  • Owners and control
  • Encumbrances and limitations
Find assets

Locate a debtor and support debt recovery

Establish the debtor, their connections and assets, assess the actual situation and prepare an information basis for lawful recovery.

When clients contact usThe debtor has disappeared, retitled assets or is stalling - lawyers need a factual basis for recovery.

Result
  • Analytical report
  • Asset map
  • Risk map
  • Options for further action
Debt Recovery Solutions

Clarify a private or family situation

Check the environment, establish contact or the location of a person, confirm facts and obtain confidential analytical support.

When clients contact usSituations affecting family, children, environment and personal interests - with a minimal circle of participants.

Result
  • list of confirmed events
  • separate list of statements and gaps
  • map of countries and legal questions
  • log of sources and dates
Discuss a private situation

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02 Practice areasVerification / People / Assets & Debt / Legal Support / Corporate / Political Risk / Family & Private

Seven areas of work

A practice area brings related services together. A complex matter often involves several practice areas; the scope of work is set after the initial assessment.

  1. Verification

    Checks and Due Diligence

    Verification of people, companies, business history, documents, connections and reputational factors before an important decision.

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    All verification solutions
  2. People

    People and whereabouts

    Establishing the location, current activity, contacts and environment of a person within the limits of a lawful task.

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    People Search Solutions
  3. Assets & Debt

    Assets and debts

    Search for property and corporate interests, financial connections and available indicators of ownership or control.

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    Asset and Debt Solutions
  4. Legal Support

    Disputes and evidentiary analysis

    Search, verification and organization of facts in preparation for litigation, corporate and private disputes. Materials are collected subject to applicable limitations and passed to the legal team for assessment of procedural admissibility.

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    Dispute Support
  5. Corporate

    Corporate Incidents and Digital Risks

    Analytical support in cases of information leaks, internal incidents, fraud and indications of unauthorized access.

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    Corporate Incident Solutions
  6. Political Risk

    Country and political risks

    Independent analysis of the political environment, informal influences, regulatory factors and scenarios for the development of a situation.

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    Country risk analysis
  7. Family & Private

    Private and family situations

    Confidential verification of facts, environment and risks in situations affecting family and personal interests. Work on situations involving minors is undertaken only where lawful authority exists and with the child's safety as the priority.

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    Solutions for the family
03 ResultFacts / Links / Gaps / Risks / Actions

A clear picture drawn from the data

The assignment determines the format of the deliverable. The client receives structured material that clearly distinguishes facts, analytical assessments and working hypotheses.

  1. Information confirmed by independent sources, with an indication of the degree of reliability.

Our methodology
04 SituationsTypical requests

When clients contact us

Start with your situation

  • Before a transaction

    The company, its owners, management and related risks must be checked before investing or entering into an agreement.

  • When a person or debtor has disappeared

    Current whereabouts, activity, connections and available indications of assets must be established.

  • Before a dispute

    The chronology must be reconstructed, facts established and an information base prepared for the legal team.

  • A person standing by the window in a quiet living room

    When the situation affects the family

    The environment must be checked confidentially, contact established or contradictory circumstances clarified.

Composite examples of typical enquiries, rather than accounts of actual cases.

Start with your situation
05 ProcessContact to delivery

From initial enquiry to findings

Every project begins with a review of the task. Before work starts, we agree on objectives, permissible methods, timeframes, engagement format and expected result.

  1. 01 Contact

    General information about the situation

    Preliminary understanding of the task

  2. 02 Review

    Verification of legality and conflict of interest

    Decision on whether the matter can proceed

  3. 03 Secure brief

    Secure briefing

    Agreed brief

  4. 04 Scope

    Composition and work plan

    Plan, timeline and cost

  5. 05 Verify

    Collection and multi-level verification

    Verified factual picture

  6. 06 Delivery

    Structured outcome

    Material for decision-making

The law determines the methods

BLACKFILE considers only matters with a lawful purpose and uses methods permitted in the relevant legal environment. We do not provide unauthorised access, obtain protected information unlawfully or intrude on private life without lawful grounds.

Feasibility, methods and the documentation required are determined after an initial assessment of the matter.

Our methodologyLegal boundaries
06 DirectoryServices / 37

Full solutions directory

Services: 37

  1. Open-source verificationProfessional intelligence gathering from open sources, digital footprints, connection structures… Checks and Due Diligence
  2. Individual checkIn-depth verification of biography, environment and business history Checks and Due Diligence
  3. Company checkOwnership structure, ultimate beneficial owners, executives, actual business activity and the company's risk… Checks and Due Diligence
  4. Comprehensive Due DiligenceVerification of individuals, documents, companies, beneficial owners and the origin of funds before entering… Checks and Due Diligence
  5. Reputation checksIn-depth intelligence on the digital footprint, context, media field and reputational risks Checks and Due Diligence
  6. Assessment of risks and vulnerabilitiesA Swiss standard for identifying risks, pressure and hidden threats Checks and Due Diligence
  7. Locating a personEstablishing location, activity, environment and connections People and whereabouts
  8. Debt recoveryDebtor investigation, debtor tracing, asset search, identification of evasion schemes, international… People and whereabouts
  9. Tracing relativesInternational search for relatives, location tracing, confirmation of condition and surroundings People and whereabouts
  10. Checks on a person's circleSecurity begins with the closest circle: security guards, drivers, housekeepers, nannies, assistants People and whereabouts
  11. Documenting the factual circumstancesDocumentation of a person's routes, meetings, contacts and behaviour in a real-world environment People and whereabouts
  12. Asset tracingSearch for assets, companies, real estate, vehicles and hidden structures worldwide Assets and debts
  13. Checking money and financial flowsDeep investigation of financial flows, transactions, offshore structures, beneficial owners and hidden… Assets and debts
  14. Investment project due diligenceInvestigation of beneficial owners, risks, structures, schemes and jurisdictions Assets and debts
  15. Crypto asset tracingBlockchain intelligence, wallet analysis, fund flow tracing, connections and digital assets Assets and debts
  16. Preparation for litigationIn-depth reconnaissance before litigation: opponent's weaknesses, assets, connections, vulnerabilities… Disputes and evidentiary analysis
  17. Search and organisation of materials for a legal teamPhotos, video, documents, digital traces and materials, legally admissible in courts in the EU, the UK and… Disputes and evidentiary analysis
  18. Reconstruction of the chronology of eventsReconstruction of routes, actions, digital traces and supporting materials, legally admissible in… Disputes and evidentiary analysis
  19. Handling leaksIdentification of the leak source, localisation of the channel, restoration of control over the information Corporate Incidents and Digital Risks
  20. Testing of personnel resilience to manipulationVerification of personnel vulnerability to attempts to extract access, information or control Corporate Incidents and Digital Risks
  21. Check for signs of technical surveillanceProfessional verification of whether the client is under surveillance Corporate Incidents and Digital Risks
  22. Country and political risksAnalysis of lobbying structures, hidden influences, informal actors, and political risks in a country or… Country and political risks
  23. Personal political risksIdentification of threats, contacts, hidden connections and vulnerabilities related to the political… Country and political risks
  24. Country risk assessmentIn-depth political and economic intelligence by country, sector, region and points of tension Country and political risks
  25. Family protection and risk assessmentInternational security, environment control, risk prevention, and fact documentation Private and family situations
  26. Individual background checkIdentity, documents, PEP status, sanctions, reputational factors and source of funds Other areas of work
  27. Checks before a transaction or contractParties, authority, subject matter, obligations, encumbrances and actual enforceability Other areas of work
  28. Internal investigationsIndependent analytical support for internal review: complaints, conflicts of interest, leaks, policy… Corporate Incidents and Digital Risks
  29. Fraud investigationAnalytical work to establish facts where theft, kickbacks, asset diversion, accounting manipulation or… Corporate Incidents and Digital Risks
  30. Litigation supportAnalytical support for a process already under way: verification of the parties' assertions, search for… Disputes and evidentiary analysis
  31. Identifying the beneficial ownerA separate task: trace the chain of structures and establish who ultimately owns or controls the company… Assets and debts
  32. Source of funds and wealthPreparation of a verifiable explanation of where the money in a specific transaction comes from and how the… Assets and debts
  33. Advanced Due DiligenceEnhanced due diligence for elevated-risk situations: complex structures, PEP status, sensitive jurisdictions… Checks and Due Diligence
  34. Counterparty checksSystematic verification of suppliers, intermediaries, agents and partners within the company's compliance… Checks and Due Diligence
  35. Support for asset recoveryAnalytical support for the recovery process: from confirming the location of assets to tracking changes in… Assets and debts
  36. Executive due diligenceVerification of a candidate or an incumbent executive prior to appointment, board entry or expansion of… Checks and Due Diligence
  37. Sanctions and PEP screeningVerification of an individual or company against sanctions lists, watchlists and PEP categories, with… Checks and Due Diligence

Initial assessment

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Complex situations rarely fall within a single service. Outline the matter in general terms and BLACKFILE will assess the request and propose a suitable approach.