TRANSACTION INTEGRITY
Verification accompanies every decision.
Documentary controls form a decision system: identify, assess, authorise, monitor and explain.
Controls before commitments.
Measures proportionate to jurisdictions, commodities, payment routes, intermediaries and counterparty risks.
Who is involved?
Identity, registration, beneficial ownership, legal authority, politically exposed persons, sanctions and adverse media.
Where is it sourced?
Operating permits, origin and transport, conflict exposure, human rights, inspection and export declarations.
How does value move?
Invoice coherence, source and destination of funds, payment beneficiaries, reconciliations and anomalies.
01. Initial qualification
Identification of participants, commodities and contractual scope.
02. Enhanced diligence
Additional controls for signs of corruption, laundering, diversion or serious human impact.
03. Recorded decisions
Reasoned decisions, conditions, ownership, evidence and reassessment.
04. Licensed specialists
Banks, inspectors, laboratories, carriers and auditors qualified for the relevant activity.
Design references: OECD minerals due diligence guidance and applicable AML/CFT frameworks. Procedures are tailored to the legal obligations and mandate of each engagement.
INDEPENDENCE AND CHALLENGE
Conflicts disclosed
Roles as trader, intermediary, reviewer and asset beneficiary are recorded; incompatible mandates are separated or declined.
Right to challenge
Affected parties can seek review of a record, exception or reasoned decision within the engagement's terms.
Communities and workers
Human and environmental impacts enter screening with grievance, escalation and stop-deal pathways for severe unmitigated risks.
PEOPLE AND CAPABILITY
Competencies kept current.
Ka Sanu reports that most staff hold anti-money-laundering certifications and undergo annual training or recertification in fraud prevention, authentication, process standardisation and document traceability. Issuers, dates and individual certificates can be evidenced in a controlled contracting process.
Professional references
Selected references may be checked bilaterally after confidentiality terms and express authorisation from the relevant organisations. No client name or relationship is published without permission.