Security in high-risk regions and situations
Supporting projects, sites and travel in countries and situations with elevated risk – at home and abroad.
Growth markets are often where the situation is unstable. At home, too, a situation can escalate quickly: through extortion, threats against executives, protests or sabotage.
What matters is knowing the risks in advance, vetting local partners and being prepared for an emergency.
Threats to your company
- Kidnapping, extortion and threats against employees and their families
- Political upheaval, unrest, terrorist attacks and armed conflict
- Corruption, arbitrary action by authorities and pressure from local partners
- Arrests and exit bans on false pretexts
- Searches or seizure of laptops and phones on entry and exit
- Sabotage and attacks on facilities and supply routes
- Surveillance of travellers in hotels, vehicles and public networks
Typical problems
- Decisions on market entry or investment are made without a reliable picture of the situation.
- Travel policies exist only on paper. In an emergency, nobody knows who decides.
- Local partners and intermediaries are not vetted. Links to authorities, organised crime or sanctions lists remain unknown.
- The company has a duty of care for its posted employees – and is liable if it breaches it.
- Crisis teams have not trained together. Time and room for manoeuvre are lost in the first hours.
Financial consequences
- Ransom, extortion payments and the cost of specialised crisis consultants
- Failed projects, idle sites and investment write-offs
- Costs of evacuation and repatriation
- Penalties and exclusion from tenders for corruption or sanctions breaches
- Damages and management liability for breaching the duty of care
- Higher insurance premiums or no insurance cover at all
Our approach
- Country and situation analysis before market entry, investment or travel
- Vetting of partners, intermediaries and their connections
- Security concepts for sites, travel and events
- Preparing travellers and executives: conduct, communication, handling of devices
- Crisis management: emergency plans, exercises and support in an emergency
A suspicion is best clarified early.
Tell us about your concern. We will get back to you personally and confidentially.