Investigations & Crisis Management

Crisis Management

GSA Global senior leaders have exceptional experience in managing major crises. Their experience includes Gold Command roles in handling some of the most serious terrorist, public disruption, and health & safety events impacting the UK. Their experience also includes advising boards, top management teams and regulators on major corporate crises, including the response to major cyber attacks, technical disruption, commercial and financial distress.

GSA Global offers seasoned, informed and pragmatic counsel and advice to boards and senior executives – as well as experienced, ethical, flexible and appropriately customised detailed investigations into the nature, root causes and potential remedies for a major crisis.

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Investigations

GSA Global has exceptional experience and capability in undertaking complex investigations into misconduct, fraud, corruption and espionage. GSA Global offers a discrete, ethical and highly capable service that provides its clients with forensic discovery, documentation and support for litigation, prosecution and other appropriate measures to deal with the actions of criminals and other bad-actors.

GSA Global uses experts drawn from law enforcement who have investigated the most serious terrorist threats, organised crime, corruption and fraud related activity. GSA Global has deep expertise in handling investigations into criminal financial and insiders activity, as well as supporting firms and families to deal with kidnap & ransom events. GSA Global also draws on cyber and other commercial investigative capabilities, as well as a range of investigative technologies.

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Incident Response Planning

GSA Global’s experience in managing major crises is the foundation for our ability to advise top management and boards on resilience strategy, planning for crisis management, and supporting businesses and other organisations as they recover from major incidents.

GSA Global also offers realistic and robust testing and exercising of crisis management plans, business continuity, resilience and recovery arrangements.

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Corporate & Workplace Investigations

GSA provides trusted Corporate Investigations and Workplace Investigations for organisations facing sensitive, high-impact issues that demand independent and objective examination. We are engaged when allegations, concerns, or incidents require clarity, discretion, and a rigorous evidence-led approach. Our investigators support HR, Legal, Compliance, and senior leadership teams by establishing facts, assessing conduct, and testing evidence in a structured and defensible manner. Whether addressing misconduct, whistleblowing, safeguarding concerns, or complex behavioural matters, our Corporate Investigations and Workplace Investigations are conducted with fairness, legal awareness, and strict confidentiality. Each engagement is handled with sensitivity and professionalism, ensuring outcomes that protect individuals, uphold organisational standards, and safeguard reputation across corporate, NGO, public sector, and international environments.

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Private Prosecutions

GSA supports organisations, and private clients with private prosecutions where criminal wrongdoing has occurred and a robust, independent legal route is required. GSA conduct thorough, evidentially sound investigations using experienced ex police criminal investigators with a detailed understanding of evidential standards.

Our team gathers and preserves admissible evidence, conducts witness interviews, forensic examinations, prepares case files, and supports disclosure obligations to ensure prosecutions are fair, proportionate, and legally defensible. Private prosecutions are often pursued in cases involving fraud, theft, financial crime, misconduct, safeguarding failures, or where public prosecution is delayed or unavailable. Throughout the process, GSA maintains strict confidentiality and governance, supporting clients from initial assessment through to case progression and resolution.

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Due Diligence Services

GSA conducts comprehensive due diligence investigations to help organisations make confident, well-informed decisions when hiring, partnering, investing, or engaging third parties. Our work combines regulatory-aligned checks, open-source intelligence, discreet enquiries, and investigative analysis to assess financial, reputational, and legal risks. Whether supporting senior appointments, supplier vetting, M&A activity, or NGO safeguarding requirements, our due diligence provides clear, evidence-based insight to protect your organisation from regulatory, financial, and reputational harm.

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Fraud, Financial & Regulatory Investigations

GSA delivers targeted fraud investigations, financial investigations, and regulatory investigations across the UK and globally. Our team uncovers financial crime, internal fraud, bribery, corruption, financial irregularities, and compliance breaches through forensic analysis, evidence review, and discreet intelligence-led enquiries.

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Open-Source Intelligence OSINT & Digital Investigations

GSA’s open-source intelligence (OSINT) and digital investigation services deliver comprehensive insights into individuals, organisations, and situations by conducting detailed social media checks, digital footprint analysis, and advanced threat intelligence assessments. This approach helps clients identify hidden risks, verify integrity, and make informed, defensible decisions.

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Physical and Technical Surveillance

GSA provides discreet physical and technical surveillance services to support investigations involving misconduct, insider threats, fraud, and complex behavioural risks. Our specialists use lawful, intelligence-led surveillance techniques to observe activities, verify concerns, and gather reliable evidence that may not be accessible through interviews or documentation alone. Through a combination of on-the-ground surveillance, digital monitoring tools, and technical surveillance capability, we deliver clear, actionable insight that supports legal, HR, and operational decision-making, while maintaining the highest standards of confidentiality, proportionality, and regulatory compliance.

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Agility & Interim Solutions

GSA Global offers support to clients needing surge resourcing to deal with a crisis. We can provide, large numbers of vetted, highly skilled staff with experience of risk management, project management, stakeholder engagement, problem solving, communications, complex case working including safeguarding and interviewing/assessment of impacted parties. With extensive experience of partnership working, GSA Global personnel are skilled in facilitating multi-agency service integration in complex environments.

GSA Global offers managed assessment and identity control services. GSA Global has rapidly deployed large scale teams to address urgent government requirements for individual assessment and identity control. These teams have enabled the government to meet critical needs for identity and security vetting. These capabilities draw on GSA Global’s experience in managing the largest and most complex security operations and our networks of trusted business partners, contractors and technology services.

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