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Due Diligence
Ground-level verification of partners, counterparties, and investment targets across Iraq, the Kurdistan Region, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, built on primary source research rather than desk reviews.
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Ground-level intelligence for the Middle East’s most complex markets
Carduchi began with a focus on Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. Today we operate across Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen as well, with teams on the ground in the capitals we cover. We deliver due diligence, verification, and risk advisory in a level of detail that desk-based providers cannot match.
Where we operate
Five markets, one standard of evidence
We have expanded quickly across the region. In every market we cover, the work is done by our own people on the ground, not passed to a database.
Iraq
Baghdad and the federal governorates, from Mosul to Basra
Kurdistan Region
Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok, where Carduchi began
Syria
On-the-ground research in a fast-changing post-conflict market
Lebanon
Counterparties, ownership, and political exposure, checked locally
Yemen
Field verification where public records are thin or contested
Our difference
Beyond standard due diligence
Most due diligence providers work from databases and desk research. That breaks down in markets where records are incomplete, out of date, or held only on paper.
Carduchi puts people on the ground. They visit addresses, check registries in person, speak to local sources, and follow up the granular details that decide whether a deal is safe.
In-person record checks. Company registries, courts, and land offices visited by our own researchers.
Site visits and photographic evidence. We confirm that addresses, assets, and operations exist as claimed.
Local-language sources. Arabic and Kurdish networks, including 50+ Kurdish-language outlets not available in English.
Reports tailored to the brief. Findings written in plain English, ready for compliance teams and investment committees.
Our services
Primary source research, not desk reviews
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Verification & Corporate Records
Company registry searches, ownership and directorship checks, document authentication, and source-of-wealth verification, including for Citizenship by Investment programmes, where we have completed more than 750 cases.
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Risk Management
Ongoing monitoring of security, operational, and reputational risk, translated into practical guidance for teams operating on the ground.
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Strategy and Political Risk
Political and regulatory analysis that helps clients anticipate shifts in policy, governance, and the wider operating environment across the region.
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Kurdistan’s Oil & Gas Sector Reports
Block-by-block intelligence on the Kurdistan Region’s energy sector, covering production, contracts, and the politics shaping the industry.
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Bespoke Reports
Research scoped to your question: a single counterparty, a market entry, a dispute, or a whole sector. Tell us what you need to know, and where.
Discuss a brief →Block risk reports
Kurdistan’s oil and gas sector, block by block
Gwer-Hamdaniya
Disputed territory, post-conflict security, mixed communities
Hawler
Four fields near Erbil, operated by OP Hawler Kurdistan Limited
Kurdamir
Several operators since early exploration, now with WesternZagros
Sarsang
North of Dohuk on the Zagros fold belt, operated by HKN Energy
Topkhana
Southeast of Kirkuk, acquired by WesternZagros from Repsol in 2025
Our capabilities
A full range of services, tailored to each client
Our network of on-the-ground professionals supports companies entering and expanding across Iraq, the Kurdistan Region, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, in both the petroleum and non-petroleum sectors.
About Carduchi →Due diligence
Corporate records and registry searches
Document and identity verification
CBI due diligence and source of wealth
Political and security risk assessments
Partner identification
Government and community relations
Fact-finding and site visits
Economic assessments
Mediation
Land acquisition
Bespoke reports
Confident decisions start with clarity
Tell us what you need to know, and where. We cover Iraq, the Kurdistan Region, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen.