James Westlake

Pre-employment checks may take from several working days to several weeks, depending on the scope, role, jurisdictions, and sources involved. This guide explains typical UK screening timelines and the factors that can delay completion.

Ukraine’s defence-tech sector offers fast iteration and battlefield-informed development, but investors still need to verify ownership, production, IP and export claims before committing capital.

Ukraine has introduced a 30-day approval route for certain defence and dual-use transfers. Eligibility, state guarantees, and new 20–30% charges still determine whether a transaction can use the procedure. Here is what UK buyers and investors should verify before committing capital.

Criminal and administrative enforcement are only part of protecting a brand from counterfeiting. This guide explains how to choose an enforcement route, what evidence to collect, and how seizure and destruction work in Ukraine.

Counterfeiting and unauthorised brand use can affect revenue, product integrity, and reputation. This guide explains how Molfar Intelligence identifies sellers and manufacturers, maps distribution networks, and documents evidence of suspected infringement.

Corporate investigations help legal, compliance, and security teams reduce uncertainty before high-stakes decisions. This guide explains due diligence, IP and anti-counterfeit investigations, and pre-employment screening in Ukraine, including what each can establish and how the findings can support business or legal decisions.

A step-by-step guide to checking a Ukrainian company yourself — EDRPOU code, the company register, court and tax records, sanctions lists, and what a basic public-records check still can't tell you.

Registering a company in Ukraine is relatively straightforward. Understanding the ownership, legal, financial, and security risks behind an investment is harder. This guide explains what foreign investors should check before opening or investing in a Ukrainian company.

A practical guide to commercial due diligence: five areas to assess, when buyers, investors, and founders need a review, and how independent research tests market assumptions before major business decisions.

Explore Telegram OSINT methods for investigating public usernames, phone-number associations, email links, groups and channels — with practical steps for verifying findings.

Explore 30 email OSINT tools for address discovery, reverse lookup, breach checks and domain analysis, plus a practical workflow for verifying findings.

A practical M&A due diligence checklist covering seven key review areas, the documents buyers should verify, common acquisition risks, and how to turn findings into deal decisions.

Learn how phone number OSINT works, from reverse lookup and public records to identity attribution, fraud investigation, and verification of phone number associations.

Learn how OSINT background checks verify identity, professional history and business affiliations, combining public and commercial sources with careful evidence assessment.

Explore how investigators verify social media accounts, trace online narratives, assess emerging threats and turn platform activity into evidence-based intelligence — while accounting for privacy, legal and data-quality limitations.

Learn how OSINT turns public and commercial information into verified intelligence, which sources and techniques analysts use, and how to assess findings responsibly.

Explore 14 practical OSINT techniques for researching public records, social media, websites, images, and digital infrastructure. Learn how to verify findings, recognise limitations, and preserve evidence for reliable analysis.

The OSINT Framework is a directory of research tools, not a complete investigation method. Learn how to navigate its resources, build a repeatable OSINT workflow, and verify findings for business decisions.

Human intelligence (HUMINT) helps organisations understand decisions, relationships, and risks that records alone cannot explain. Learn how human-source reporting works, how it differs from OSINT, and where businesses can use it lawfully.

A practical investment due diligence guide covering 12 essential questions to ask when evaluating investment firms and opportunities, plus methods for verifying ownership, legal, financial, and reputational risks.

A practical guide to financial due diligence in M&A, covering buy-side and sell-side reviews, key financial risks, core workstreams, and the transaction process.

A practical guide to private equity due diligence, covering the Four P's framework, financial and legal risk assessment, and the role of independent intelligence in investment decisions.

A practical guide to venture capital due diligence, covering six key review areas, three stages of the process, common investment risks, and best practices for evaluating startups.

Molfar Intelligence attended the Ukrainian Investment Roadshow in London, highlighting the role of intelligence and due diligence in secure investments.

Molfar Intelligence gathered investors, defence tech leaders, and policymakers in London to discuss Ukraine’s rapidly evolving defence innovation ecosystem.