Altegrity Risk International (ARI) is a New York City

New York City

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 based global risk consulting and information services company. A subsidiary of Altegrity, Inc. of Falls Church, VA, ARI provides investigations, business intelligence

Due diligence

"Due diligence" is a term used for a number of concepts involving either an investigation of a business or person prior to signing a contract, or an act with a certain standard of care. It can be a legal obligation, but the term will more commonly apply to voluntary investigations...

, forensic accounting

Forensic accounting

Forensic accounting is the specialty practice area of accountancy that describes engagements that result from actual or anticipated disputes or litigation. "Forensic" means "suitable for use in a court of law", and it is to that standard and potential outcome that forensic accountants generally...

, compliance & monitoring and security services to businesses and government agencies around the world.

After launching in February 2010, the Company named William Bratton, Chairman and acquired Corporate Risk International (CRI), a firm that has performed over 65,000 due diligence reviews and investigations in more than 150 countries.

According to Altegity, Inc., ARI will become part of the Kroll, Inc. business unit under Altegrity, Inc., as part of a thorough acquisition integration process.

Geographic reach

Altegrity Risk International is headquartered in New York City, NY and has important U.S. offices in Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA, Houston, TX and Reston, VA.

The company's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region headquarters is in London

London

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. Asian operations are carried out by offices in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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Investigative and forensic services

Altegrity Risk International investigates backgrounds of companies and individuals on behalf of clients in the course of both pre-emptive and post-crisis engagements.

Decision intelligence

ARI produces due diligence reviews for clients involved in principal investing, hedge fund investments (in the course of both compliance and transactional diligence) as well as those who seek to understand risk and opportunities associated with doing business with individuals and companies worldwide.

Security consulting

Altegrity Security Consulting provides advisory and training services to international civilian police departments, consulting on operational effectiveness as well as crisis management and through CRI, strategies and services for managing kidnap, ransom and extortion crisis.