News and updates

  • Mexico: Trouble in paradise?
    Date first published: 13/04/2023 Key sectors: tourism; all Key risks: organised crime; violent crime; kidnapping; extortion; business disruption   Ri...
    ake-intel
    19 April 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 17 April 2023
    Americas: Annual inflation hits 104.3 per cent in Argentina; economic crisis set to deepen Sectors: all Key Risks: economic; sovereign default In Arge...
    ake-intel
    17 April 2023
  • Kidnap & Ransom Report Q1 2023
    AKE's Kidnap and Ransom (K&R) Q1 2023 Special Report contains a selection of key K&R cases, trends and analyses based on AKE’s research on...
    ake-intel
    13 April 2023
  • Saudi Arabia – Worldwide: ‘Saudi First’ policy shakes up oil markets
    Date first published: 11/04/2023 Key sectors: oil and gas Key risks: inflation; supply deficit; political tensions   Risk development: On 2 April...
    ake-intel
    12 April 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 11 April 2023
    Americas: Brazil’s Petrobras to honour signed asset sales contracts, review other potential deals Sectors: oil and gas Key Risks: business risk; con...
    ake-intel
    11 April 2023
  • Political Risk Outlook Q1 2023 – Ones to Watch
    AKE's Political Risk Outlook Special Report contains a selection of five countries from around the world where the political or economic landscape was...
    ake-intel
    05 April 2023
  • Israel: Ben-Gvir’s private paramilitary force
    Date first published: 04/04/2023 Key sectors: all Key risks: political violence; internal conflict    Risk development On 27 March after 12 cons...
    ake-intel
    05 April 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 3 April 2023
    Americas: Former US president Donald Trump set to face criminal charges Sectors: all Key Risks: political polarisation In the United States, on 4 Apri...
    ake-intel
    03 April 2023
  • Central African Republic: Pointing the trigger finger
    Date first published: 28/03/2023  Key sectors: all; mining  Key risks: terrorism   Risk development On 19 March nine Chinese workers were killed an...
    ake-intel
    29 March 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 27 March 2023
    Americas: Rare corruption probe suggests internal power struggle within Venezuela’s PSUV party Sectors: all Key Risks: political stability; business...
    ake-intel
    27 March 2023
  • Argentina: Drug violence (finally) in the spotlight
    Date first published: 21/03/2023 Key sectors: all Key risks: drug trafficking; targeted killings; arson attacks; extortion; crime-related violence &nb...
    ake-intel
    22 March 2023
  • Ones to Watch, 20 March 2023
    Americas: Foreign exchange shortage stokes concerns over Bolivia’s deepening financial crisis Sectors: all Key Risks: credit risk; economic risk; bu...
    ake-intel
    20 March 2023