Investigations

Investigations

COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS

Brazil is no longer just a place where pirated goods, produced abroad, arrive through contraband and are distributed. It has become a center of production of counterfeit products. All kinds of companies (pharmaceutical, toy, medicine, food, personal hygiene, clothing, pesticides, equipment, printing supplies, etc.) are, more and more, forced to combat the ongoing and rising counterfeiting of their products. Criminal gangs installed in Brazil pirate all sorts of products. Companies that own brands or patents can have their integrity and credibility severely damaged by having their products pirated, as they lose a considerable share of the market to pirated products, not to mention that these pirated products can be hazardous to consumer’s health, as is the case with pharmaceutical and personal hygiene products.

SDC International Services has been, over the last few years, conducting investigations for companies that own famous brands and have had their products pirated in Brazil, always resulting in the identification on the person or gang responsible for the counterfeiting, so that they take responsibility and pay for their crimes, through judicial means. SDC International Services also assists in taking extra protective measures as to better differentiate the original brand or product in question. We work aiming to provide your company with a great number of information regarding facts found in our investigations, allowing you to make the best decisions, according to your internal policies..

DUE DILIGENCE

In order to estimate and reduce risks, one must research and evaluate the perspective of a new investment, merging or acquisition, joint venture or even hiring a new director. An investigative analysis will be performed, providing you with the necessary safety and assurance that you will be able to conduct your business properly, allowing you to reach your goals.

ASSET RETRIEVAL

In order to successfully retrieve lost assets, be it by fraud, embezzlement or any other means, one must have skillful investigators and support in legal accounting. We, along with our associates, will do everything possible to locate, identify and even block these assets, throughout the whole world.

EXECUTIVE INVESTIGATION OF PROFESSIONALS

We will provide you with a complete investigation on the past life of desired employees, enabling your company to choose, among candidates for a job, the one that best suits your needs.

INSURANCE AND BUSINESS FRAUDS

Frauds, broadly speaking, are a tremendous problem for each and every corporation, causing, every year, significant losses, not only for insurance companies, but also for many others.

LEGAL SUPPORT

When your company is involved in a legal process, your lawyers must have factual information in order to succeed. We will assist them in obtaining evidential proof, locating and interviewing witnesses, as well as data collection, in a legal and ethical manner, so that they can better represent your company’s interests.

MERGING AND ACQUISITION
(Information leak or indiscretions)

All merging processes require huge effort, in which countless negotiations require discretion and special attention. Through means of secrecy and skills, SDC International Services can decipher relevant information, resultant from internal leaks, which can harm such an important business arrangement, while at the same time documenting every step of the investigation.