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Investigative Intelligence for UK Organisations Working with Ukraine

Molfar Intelligence helps UK organisations establish what sits behind Ukrainian companies and business relationships. Working inside an information environment where access can narrow, records can fragment, and risks can shift quickly, our analysts use local-language sources and investigative methods to trace what standard checks often leave unresolved.

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About Molfar Intelligence

Molfar Intelligence is a Ukrainian private intelligence company with teams in Kyiv and London. UK clients work with a team that understands how British organisations assess risk, commission intelligence, and use findings internally, while the investigative work stays close to the Ukrainian environment it needs to explain.
That combination gives clients a familiar way in without losing local depth. We translate difficult Ukrainian corporate and institutional realities into source-referenced intelligence that UK legal, investment, compliance, and commercial teams can work with.

Molfar Intelligence in Numbers

Our UK-facing work is backed by Molfar’s wider investigative capacity in Ukraine and across international jurisdictions. That scale allows our teams to follow complex questions beyond a single record, source, or country.
7,000+

investigations completed

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100+

specialists across research, analysis and investigations

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750+

public, restricted and specialist sources worldwide

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countries covered by Molfar investigations

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Industries We Support in Ukraine

Different sectors expose clients to very different forms of uncertainty in Ukraine. We adapt the investigation to the commercial, regulatory, ownership, and security questions that matter in each industry.

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Investment and Private Capital

Investigate founders, target companies, ownership structures, counterparties, and material risks before committing capital.

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Defence and Dual-Use Technology

Assess companies, teams, supply chains, regulatory exposure, and business relationships in sectors where commercial and security risks often overlap.

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Manufacturing and Supply Chains

Verify suppliers, production partners, ownership links, operational dependencies, and exposure that may sit deeper in the supply chain.

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Legal and Professional Services

Support disputes, litigation, client onboarding, asset tracing, and fact-finding where independent intelligence can clarify the underlying situation.

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Financial Services and Insurance

Examine counterparties, beneficial ownership, sanctions exposure, reputation, and other factors that can affect underwriting, compliance, or transaction risk.

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Consumer Brands and Intellectual Property

Investigate counterfeiting, unauthorised distribution, grey-market activity, local sellers, and networks that may be damaging a brand or its IP.

Examples of Our Work with UK Clients

UK organisations use Molfar Intelligence services when the apparent picture of a company, partner, or investment does not tell the whole story. These cases show how deeper investigation surfaced information that materially changed the client’s risk assessment.

London Venture Fund: Founder Risks Identified Before Series A

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UK Defence Company: Ukrainian Partner Vetting Before a Joint Bid

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UK Manufacturer: Indirect Sanctions Exposure in a Supplier Structure

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UK Fintech Company: Executive Background Risks Identified Before Hiring

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What You Receive from a Molfar Investigation

A Molfar investigation is built to show not only what we found, but how the findings connect and how strongly the available evidence supports them.

Source-Referenced Findings

Verified findings linked to the underlying sources, so your team can see where each material conclusion comes from.

Ownership and Relationship Mapping

A clearer view of who controls, influences, or connects to the companies and people relevant to the investigation.

Risk and Exposure Context

An explanation of which findings matter, how they relate to the wider situation, and where material uncertainty remains.

Supporting Evidence

Relevant records, source extracts, screenshots, links, and other materials that support the investigation and can be reviewed by your internal teams.

Why UK Clients Choose Molfar for Ukraine Intelligence

UK clients usually come to Molfar when a registry search, screening tool, or standard provider has reached its limit. We are built for the point where the question becomes investigative rather than administrative.

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UK-Facing. Ukraine-Embedded

Clients can scope and discuss sensitive work with a team that understands UK expectations, while the investigation stays close to the environment it needs to explain.

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We Follow the Question Beyond the First Record

A company filing or database hit is a starting point. Analysts trace the people, entities, relationships, and inconsistencies behind it until the relevant picture becomes clear.

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Cross-Border by Default

Ownership, assets, counterparties, and risk rarely stop at one jurisdiction. We follow relevant links across borders rather than treating Ukraine as an isolated dataset.

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Analysts, Not Automated Screening

Tools help us find signals. Analysts decide what matters, test conflicting information, and establish whether a finding is material or simply noise.

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Sensitive Work Stays With a Named Team

Access to client material is restricted to the team assigned to the engagement on a need-to-know basis. Analysts are vetted and bound by NDA.

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Built for Difficult Information Environments

Our methodology has been shaped by work where access changes, records are incomplete, and reliable answers require more than one source or one route to the fact.

Practical Guides for UK Teams Working with Ukraine

Our guides explain the practical issues UK teams most often need to understand before working with Ukrainian companies, people, assets, or regulated sectors. They focus on what you can actually check, where the limits are, and which local factors can materially change the picture.

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Brand Protection 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.

5 min

Corporate Investigations in Ukraine

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.

5-6 min

How to Check a Company in Ukraine

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.

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The Team Behind Molfar’s UK Work

UK clients work with people who understand both sides of the engagement: how British organisations commission and use intelligence, and how investigations need to be conducted in the Ukrainian environment.

Artem Starosiek, CEO and Founder of Molfar

Artem Starosiek

CEO

As the CEO and Founder of Molfar, Artem Starosiek is an expert in OSINT investigations, with over a decade of experience in the field. He specialises in digital security, due diligence, open source research, and more. Artem is also an owner and publisher of AIN.UA, one of the major Ukrainian IT media outlets.

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James Westlake, Head of UK Office

James Westlake

Head of UK Office

Former British Army officer, trained in surveillance and target acquisition, and Bain and Company engagement manager, with more than a decade of experience working in consulting, private equity and venture capital across Western Europe.

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Ievgeniia Bespalova, Chief Strategy Officer

Ievgeniia Bespalova

Chief Strategy Officer

Ievgeniia Bespalova contributes her expertise in strategic development and building partnerships with stakeholders worldwide. She is also an Honorary IT Ambassador of Ukraine who helps to improve the tech domain on a nationwide scale.

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Tetiana Kyselchuk, Chief Operating Officer

Tetiana Kyselchuk

COO

Tetiana Kyselchuk has keen knowledge in domains such as digital transformation, company growth, media management, and communications. She was a major contributor to the reformation of the UA:PBC into a media platform with a robust online presence.

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Partners and Professional Networks

Molfar works within the professional networks that shape how intelligence, security, technology, and cross-border business are handled in the UK and Ukraine. These relationships keep our team close to the standards, institutions, and organisations our clients work with.

FAQ

What can a UK organisation establish about a Ukrainian company beyond a public registry check?

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Can Molfar identify hidden beneficial owners, nominee structures and indirect sanctions exposure?

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How do you verify Ukrainian individuals when names and records use different languages or transliterations?

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Which Ukrainian registers and specialist sources remain accessible during martial law?

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Can an investigation include lawful field verification, test purchases or local-source enquiries in Ukraine?

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Can Molfar trace assets or people across Ukraine and other jurisdictions?

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How can Molfar’s findings support UK legal, compliance, procurement or investment decisions, and what are their limitations?

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How are the scope, timing, cost and confidentiality agreed before an investigation begins?

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Know What You Are Committing To

When standard checks run out, that is where our work starts. Bring us the question before you commit capital, sign an agreement, or enter a business relationship. We know where to look, how to follow the trail, and how to establish what the evidence actually supports.

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