The Governance Gap: A Succession Equation

The Governance Gap: A Succession EquationA Forensic Accountant’s analysis of a high-level resignation and the liability it leaves behind.The ContextOn 28 November 2025, the head of the presidential office, Andriy Yermak, resigned. The trigger was a corruption...

Trust: The First Casualty

The ContextOn 1 January 2026, ManageMyHealth confirmed a catastrophic cyber breach. Unauthorised access compromised approximately 428,000 patient files—108 gigabytes of sensitive health data. That’s 7% of their 1.8 million registered users. The root cause was an...

The Alliance Unravelling

The ContextOn 4 December 2025, the Trump administration released a National Security Strategy that fundamentally recalibrates the U.S.-Europe relationship. This is not a policy tweak. It is a strategic rupture. The document directs stronger language at European allies...

The Contagion Risk

The ContextThis isn’t a few companies failing. It’s a systemic rupture. In the first half of 2025, 17 mega-bankruptcies (companies with over $1bn in assets) were filed—the highest half-year count since the 2020 pandemic shock. Through November 2025, 717...

The Sanctions Laundromat

The ContextOn 24 July 2025, the U.S. State Department announced a $7 million reward for information on Sim Hyon-Sop, a North Korean national. Simultaneously, the Department of Justice filed to seize $7.74 million in laundered funds linked to his network. This is not a...