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Practice Areas

Six pillars of intelligence — deployed as one.

AWIB's work is organized around six integrated practice areas. Each engagement is staffed by senior practitioners across relevant disciplines, and every output is regulator-ready, counsel-ready, and discreet by construction.

I

Global Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)

Multi-jurisdictional investigations for principals, counterparties, and acquisition targets. Our EDD reports are the evidentiary baseline for the decisions that follow.

  • Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) mapping across complex structures
  • Sanctions, watchlist & PEP screening with continuous monitoring
  • Adverse media analysis in 24+ languages
  • Cross-border corporate, registry & legal review
  • Regulatory and litigation history reconstruction
  • Quantified risk scoring with full source citation
II

Source of Funds & Source of Wealth Verification

We trace, verify, and narrate wealth origins to a standard acceptable to private banks, family offices, regulators, and — when required — courts of law.

  • Multi-decade wealth history reconstruction
  • Transaction pathway analysis and counterparty verification
  • Portfolio validation across custodians and jurisdictions
  • AML-compliant narrative reports for onboarding
  • Business performance and valuation triangulation
  • Independent corroboration through discreet source networks
III

Financial Crime & Forensic Investigation

When a matter escalates, ARGUS conducts the financial side of the investigation — quietly, methodically, and with the evidentiary discipline that counsel requires.

  • Fraud, embezzlement and misappropriation inquiries
  • Insider trading and market abuse reconstruction
  • Money laundering typology and pattern analysis
  • Ponzi, pyramid and affinity-fraud structure mapping
  • Shadow networks, shell analysis and beneficial control
  • Counsel-grade evidence packages for civil and criminal proceedings
IV

Cross-Border Sanctions, Geopolitics & Risk Advisory

Capital follows stability. We map the political, regulatory, and security terrain that surrounds every cross-border commitment.

  • Sanctions exposure and control assessments (OFAC, EU, UK, UN, regional)
  • Political stability and regime-risk modeling
  • Corruption, governance and rule-of-law indices
  • Sectoral and counterparty sanctions overlays
  • Travel, asset and operational security for principals
  • Crisis monitoring and rapid-response intelligence
V

Institutional Compliance Architecture

We build the policies, playbooks, and monitoring logic that allow regulated institutions to operate with confidence across borders and asset classes.

  • AML / CFT policy frameworks aligned to FATF standards
  • Transaction monitoring logic, thresholds and tuning
  • SAR / STR drafting playbooks and escalation matrices
  • Compliance manuals for banks, fintechs and VASPs
  • Independent effectiveness reviews and remediation
  • Regulator-facing documentation and examination support
VI

Intelligence Operations for High-Net-Worth Clients

Discreet, principal-grade intelligence for individuals and families whose exposure is global and whose tolerance for risk — or visibility — is zero.

  • Asset risk audits across jurisdictions and custodians
  • Reputation defense and exposure monitoring
  • Counterparty verification prior to co-investment
  • Wealth relocation advisory and jurisdictional transitions
  • Travel, security and personal exposure briefings
  • Embedded intelligence retainer for principals and family offices
Who We Serve

Trusted by principals and institutions who cannot afford to be wrong.

A cross-section of the clients we serve across 120+ jurisdictions.

UHNW Individuals Family Offices Private Banks Fintechs & Digital Asset Platforms International Law Firms VC & PE Firms Commodity Traders Sovereign Entities Multinational Corporations High-Risk Sector Operators
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