Criminalistica

What Criminalistica does

Criminalistica, operating as LICRIM Ltda., is a Chilean private forensic laboratory and criminalistics services firm headquartered at Cerro El Plomo 5931, Las Condes, Santiago. The company describes itself as the largest private criminalistic laboratory in Chile, with more than 20 years of operating history and approximately 350 employees. Its core offering is the Laboratorio de Criminalística, which executes certified forensic protocols for evidence identification, protection, storage, transfer, technical testing, and analysis, supported by ISO 9001-certified procedures. Specialized service lines span corporate criminalistics, ethical hacking and penetration testing, trademark and intellectual property forensics, cybersecurity auditing, and a digital-evidence practice covering computers, web content, WhatsApp, and email. The firm also fields an in-house legal team covering criminal, civil, labor, and family law that participates from the earliest stages of each case to develop case theory and courtroom strategy, and offers expert witness (peritajes) services both nationally and across South America, plus training (capacitaciones) for corporate and professional audiences.

The business operates on a professional-services revenue model: engagements are project-based, scoped case by case, and priced through personalized consultation rather than publicly disclosed rates. The go-to-market motion is consultative enterprise field sales — prospective clients schedule meetings to discuss services and case-specific requirements, with no self-serve or transactional channel. Customer segments are described as corporate clients (primary), legal professionals, and international legal cases, though no named customer logos or case studies are disclosed. Distribution is direct from the Santiago headquarters, with field-delivered expert witness work extending into South American jurisdictions and select international proceedings. Ownership is private and not publicly disclosed; the firm has no parent company, no institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no subsidiaries identified in the available material.

Name

Criminalistica

Legal name

LICRIM Ltda.

Website

https://licrim.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Criminalistica (LICRIM Ltda.) is Chile's largest private criminalistic laboratory, providing ISO 9001-certified forensic analysis, digital and corporate evidence services, ethical hacking, cybersecurity auditing, and integrated legal support to corporate clients and lawyers in Chile and South America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forensic Laboratory Services

NAICS

Investigation and Personal Background Check Services (561611), All Other Legal Services (541199), Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Forensic Science & Crime Laboratories (Justice System Support) (BPAIAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Forensics & Evidence Collection (Endpoint, Mobile, Cloud) (BPAKAHAC), Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Forensic laboratory services
• Digital forensics analysis
• Corporate criminalistics
• Expert witness testimony
• Cybersecurity auditing

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago

HQ country

Chile

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Forensic Services: LICRIM generates revenue through professional services engagements including corporate forensics, ethical hacking, intellectual property assessment, cybersecurity auditing, digital evidence analysis, expert testimony, and legal advisory services. Services are delivered through project-based engagements with complementary legal team involvement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

LICRIM operates a private forensic laboratory delivering scientific criminalistic analysis, chain-of-custody evidence handling, and expert testimony for corporate and legal clients. The practice combines certified forensic specialists (computer, fingerprints, ballistics, DNA) with an in-house legal team covering criminal, civil, labor, and family law to build case theory and courtroom strategy. Complementary services include corporate criminalistics, ethical hacking, cybersecurity audits, trademark and intellectual property protection, digital evidence forensics, and training programs.

Product overview

LICRIM operates as a unified forensic laboratory and criminalistic services platform, combining scientific analysis capabilities with legal advisory services. The portfolio centers on the core Laboratorio de Criminalística providing evidence analysis and expert testimony, supported by specialized forensic services including Digital Evidence (Evidencias Digitales), Web Content Analysis, WhatsApp Forensics, and Email Forensics. Corporate security services encompass Ethical Hacking, Cybersecurity Audits, and Trademark/Intellectual Property protection. The platform integrates a dedicated legal team covering criminal, civil, labor, and family law, with training programs (Capacitaciones) and professional expert witness services (Peritajes) completing the service ecosystem. The company positions itself as a full-service forensic laboratory rather than a modular software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Laboratorio de Criminalística

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Kroll: Kroll is a global risk advisory firm offering investigations, forensic accounting, cyber, and expert witness services. Overlaps with LICRIM's corporate forensics, ethical hacking, cybersecurity audits, and Peritajes offerings, but at a much broader global scale and with deeper enterprise client reach.
• Control Risks: Control Risks is a global specialist risk consultancy offering investigations, forensic services, and security advisory across Latin America. Comparable to LICRIM in forensic investigations and corporate forensics work, with stronger multi-jurisdictional reach but less specialization in physical evidence (ballistics, DNA, fingerprints).
• FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting's Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment delivers expert witness, forensic accounting, and investigative services to legal teams globally. Comparable to LICRIM's Peritajes (expert testimony) and corporate forensics services, particularly for cross-border litigation, though FTI serves enterprise-scale matters.
• PwC Forensic Services: PwC's Forensic Services practice provides fraud investigation, dispute analysis, cybersecurity, and expert witness services. Comparable to LICRIM's Criminalística Corporativa, cybersecurity audits, and peritajes, though PwC operates at enterprise scale with global methodology versus LICRIM's regional specialization.
• Eurofins Scientific: Eurofins operates a global network of testing laboratories including forensic and DNA analysis services. Comparable to LICRIM's DNA and laboratory-based forensic testing capabilities, though Eurofins is highly productized and operates across food, environmental, pharmaceutical, and forensic verticals.
• SGS: SGS is the world's largest testing, inspection, and certification company. Comparable to LICRIM's ISO 9001-certified laboratory protocols and forensic testing processes, though SGS spans industrial testing rather than specializing in criminalistic evidence.

Emerging players

• Mandiant (Google Cloud): Mandiant provides incident response, threat intelligence, and digital forensics services. Comparable to LICRIM's ethical hacking and cybersecurity audit offerings, though Mandiant focuses on breach response and nation-state investigations versus LICRIM's litigation-oriented digital evidence work.

Direct peers

• Cellebrite: Cellebrite is a global leader in digital forensics, specializing in mobile device, cloud, and computer evidence extraction — directly comparable to LICRIM's Evidencias Digitales, WhatsApp, and Correos Electrónicos services. Both serve legal and law enforcement clients with chain-of-custody-grade digital evidence, though Cellebrite is productized while LICRIM is services-led.
• Magnet Forensics: Magnet Forensics provides digital investigation software used by law enforcement and corporate forensic teams to recover and analyze evidence from computers, mobile devices, and cloud sources. Comparable to LICRIM's digital evidence practice in target use cases (digital forensics for legal proceedings) but operating in a product/SaaS model versus LICRIM's services model.

Regional players

• Quintela y Asociados: Quintela y Asociados is a Spanish/regional forensic laboratory and expert witness services firm offering similar criminalistics, digital forensics, and peritajes capabilities. Comparable regional peer for LICRIM in forensics and litigation support, but operating primarily in Spain and the Iberian market rather than South America.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/criminalistica

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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