We have a detailed compliance strategy document that I can provide to the clerk that goes over it in detail. In addition to taking complaints, we verify the information when it's first entered. If our staff spot any issues, that could provoke some questions. We also do environmental scanning by following stories in the media and government press releases that suggest there might be some lobbying activity. Then we look into it from there.
We only use the formal investigation as an avenue of last resort when we can't resolve any issues that arise through talking the parties through the registration process and getting them to register properly.