International Practice

Where documents cross borders, so does fraud

The tri-border area (Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina) concentrates intense cross-border movement of people, goods and documents. In that environment, forged signatures, contracts, identity documents, visas and passports feed fraud in immigration, commercial and financial matters.

VALLIM Perícias serves companies, law firms and institutions in the region with forensic handwriting and questioned document examinations of physical and digital documents, joining classic document analysis to computer forensics, a rare combination among forensic experts in the field.

Authenticity of signatures on cross-border contracts

Examination of identity documents, visas and passports

Document fraud in foreign trade operations

Digital evidence moving between jurisdictions

A deliberate transcontinental position

The .eu domain is no accident: VALLIM Perícias serves Portugal and the European Union, and takes on projects in Canada and the United States, with the shared language easing work with Portuguese firms and companies and the growing demand from disputes with digital elements between the two continents.

The service model combines assisted remote analysis, when the nature of the evidence allows, with targeted travel from Brazil for on-site collections and examinations.

Based in Brazil, international reach

What crosses borders is the know-how: the forensic strategy, the analysis techniques and the methodology grounded in international standards (ISO/IEC 27037 and related standards), recognised in any jurisdiction. Examinations carried out in the laboratory follow the same standard demanded by the most rigorous courts, wherever the evidence has to be presented.

International practice in practice

How does collection work when the evidence is in another country?

Through the assisted remote collection model: the laboratory runs the procedure at a distance, guiding an authorised person on site step by step, with integrity verification by hash at the source and a full record of the session. Anything requiring physical presence is organised as a targeted mission planned from Brazil. The design respects the data protection laws of each jurisdiction, such as LGPD (Brazil's data protection act) and GDPR.

Is an expert report produced in Brazil valid abroad?

The method is what crosses borders: expert reports produced under international standards (the ISO/IEC 27037 family) are understood by courts, arbitrators and auditors in other jurisdictions. For formal use abroad, steps such as sworn translation and any legalisation are assessed case by case, and can be contracted from the outset when the need is already foreseen.

Do you serve Portugal and other European Union countries?

Yes. Service to Portugal and the European Union combines assisted remote analysis with targeted travel from Brazil. The methodology follows international standards (ISO/IEC 27037 and related standards), recognised in any jurisdiction, and the .eu domain reflects that deliberate transcontinental position.

Do you serve Latin American countries?

Yes, case by case, with emphasis on matters involving documents and evidence moving between Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Find out more on the International Practice page.

Where documents cross borders, so does fraud

A deliberate transcontinental position

Based in Brazil, international reach

International practice in practice

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