# Kroll **Entity class:** Organization or company **Domain:** Private Intelligence ## Definition Corporate investigations and risk-services firm founded by Jules Kroll. The article places Kroll within the professional development of the international private-intelligence industry. ## Operational role Commercial human-source work connects interpersonal access with a client’s investigative, legal, strategic, or regulatory requirement. The article follows named firms and specific cases so the skills, delivery routes, and business structure remain visible. Client purpose, applicable law, source handling, and professional conduct determine how that capability serves its engagement. **Architecture connections:** [[wiki/HUMINT|HUMINT]] · [[wiki/SOCMINT|SOCMINT]] · [[wiki/Intelligence|Intelligence]]. ## Relationships - **article-linked person:** [[wiki/Jules Kroll|Jules Kroll]]. - **article-linked mechanism or framework:** [[wiki/Private HUMINT|Private HUMINT]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **counterterrorism architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **source article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft#IX. The Private Spy Industry: Black Cube, Kroll, and the Reputational Battlefield|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft — IX. The Private Spy Industry: Black Cube, Kroll, and the Reputational Battlefield]] — October 2026 revision; immediate source for this entry’s place in the marketplace. - [Wikipedia, Black Cube.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cube) - [Ronan Farrow, *The New Yorker*, Harvey Weinstein's Army of Spies (2017).](https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spies) - [Barry Meier, *Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies* (2021).](https://www.amazon.com/Spooked-Trump-Dossier-Black-Private/dp/0062950681) ## Connected marketplace roles The source article connects this entry with [[wiki/Jules Kroll|Jules Kroll]], [[wiki/Litigation Intelligence|Litigation Intelligence]], [[wiki/Private HUMINT|Private HUMINT]]. These routes locate the associated people, implementations, methods, and operational contexts in [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. **Collections:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].