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Suppliers, customers, collaborations
The wrong business relationship often shows its true colours too late: after signing, after the first down payment, sometimes after a delivery that never arrives. A shell company, a director with a string of bankruptcies or a website copied from a competitor can easily go unnoticed in business talks. Checking a company before committing means signing with your eyes open.
Real existence, registration, published accounts, insolvency proceedings, addresses, website and domain name, etc.
Background and past directorships, international sanctions, ties to a high-risk country, conflicts of interest with your organisation, etc.
Every screening is carried out in compliance with the GDPR. The report keeps only information relevant to the intended business relationship, each item with its source. Anything relating to the executives' private lives is excluded.
Your decision to sign rests on verifiable facts and fits into your supplier and customer vetting procedures, including those required by France's Sapin II anti-corruption law.
In the middle of a face mask shortage, German health authorities order €15 million worth of goods and pay €1.5 million to a company.
In reality, the company, which looked entirely genuine (website, email addresses, contacts), did not exist, and it took Europol and Interpol to freeze the funds.
We check the information declared by the company and its executives against public sources, and flag inconsistencies and warning signs. Report delivered within 5 working days.
Who is it for?Any company wishing to clear up a doubt before signing with a new supplier or customer.
We extend the investigation to the company's wider environment: related companies, executives' history, published litigation and media exposure. Report delivered within 8 working days.
Who is it for?Procurement, finance or legal departments; high-stakes contracts, exclusive distribution, mergers or equity investments.
We set up an ongoing working framework for organisations that regularly take on new suppliers or customers: priority handling, a single point of contact and consolidated monthly invoicing.
Who is it for?Any company with a regular assessment need (supplier onboarding, Sapin II compliance).
The client company is responsible for informing the company concerned that a check is being carried out as part of their business relationship. Skrinit only starts the assignment after written confirmation that this information has been given. Skrinit works exclusively from open sources, in compliance with the GDPR; no data relating to the executives' private lives is collected or reported.
Every request is handled in strict confidence.