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Are You Eligible for Compensation?
There are several means of obtaining compensation for injuries or losses suffered in an accident or as the direct result of a violent crime....
Asking Friends & Relatives About Suspicions
Talking to friends and relatives about your suspicions has benefits and risks. Sharing the burden, however, can be in the best interests of those affected by a family member’s misbehaviour....
Audio Surveillance Equipment
Secretly listening in to private conversations has never been easier with the range of sophisticated audio surveillance now available to buy....
Can I Find a Person From His Previous Known Address?
Although the Internet has made the task of locating lost friends and family a great deal easier, an address search is best undertaken in the real world at your local library....
CCTV in Britain Today
With an estimated 4.2 million CCTV cameras now keeping watch, Britain has become one of the most heavily monitored societies on earth. But are we any safer under its impassive gaze?...
Changes in Children's Behaviour
Loving parents are vigilant. They observe the changes in their children, recognize warning signs, provide opportunities for discussion, and seek the help of professionals when it’s needed....
Chat Rooms as an Information Aid
Chat rooms and social networking sites can be a boon to a private investigator. Online networking is an expedient method of locating individuals with esoteric interests....
Children and the Internet
Children and the Internet is a dangerous combination. This article explains how to keep children safe on the Internet by explaining appropriate precautions, creating a safe list of sites and search e...
Compiling Evidence of Accident or Injury
Keep a checklist to remind you what to do if you’re involved in an auto accident. Even a minor collision can rattle you and make it difficult to think clearly....
Compiling Information or Evidence
If you are careful and systematic in your collection of information and evidence, you’ll have the necessary documentation to support accusations, and your concerns are less likely to be disregarded....
Conducting a Private Investigation
Not all matters you investigate on your own are of grave importance. When they are, the crucial questions will be: Were you able to remain objective? Does anyone believe you were?...
Confrontation
After you recognize the potential for a better life, naturally you’ll want the person you love to follow. Prepare yourself for the confrontation by focusing on what you can control....
Covert Voice Recorders
If you want to record the voices of other people without their knowledge then a range of covert voice recorders are now available to help satisfy your sneaky pursuits....
Documenting Discrimination at Work
Documenting discrimination in the workplace may seem tricky, but it can be as simple as keeping private notes about incidents and/or comments that you believe are inappropriate. This article discusse...
Ensuring Internet Information is Genuine
Critical analysis is necessary when conducting research in any medium, but there are certain methods you can employ specifically to evaluate material you find on the Web....
Evidence For Your Private Investigation
Obtaining evidence as the basis of facts is an important part of any investigation. This article discusses equipment that may come in handy for such investigations, obtaining evidence by surveillance...
Family Suspicions
Obtaining proof of suspicions about a troubled family member is only the first step. You and your family can get help taking the next steps: devising and implementing a solution....
Fighting Online Cheats With Scam Baiting
Sick of having their inboxes clogged up with emails from Nigerian fraudsters promising unimaginable riches, the targets are fighting back by attempting to beat them at their own game....
First Steps Exploring the Family Tree
Embarking on a study of ones ancestors can be daunting task. This guide leads you through the first steps to help you obtain the information, skills and confidence to then delve deeper....
Genealogy Websites
It’s easy to become fascinated by genealogical research. It’s one aspect of do-it-yourself investigation on which you’ll enjoy spending time....
Going Undercover Online
Going online is a very public affair where browsing habits and even emails are monitored, but there are ways of maintaining a degree of privacy on the web....
How Are We Being Monitored?
Most of us are aware that we are being monitored and our personal information collated and processed, but few realise the true extent....
How Child Rescue Alert Works
The Child Rescue Alert is an innovative method for disseminating information to a great number of people when a child’s health and safety are suspected to be in danger. This article briefly discusses...
How Google is Watching You
Google may have changed the way we obtain information and the way we view the world but we have been footing the bill for web innovation with our privacy....
How Long Before a 'Missing' Person is Missing?
In a dangerous emergency involving a missing person, police respond. When the situation is not life-threatening, the burden of searching for a missing person shifts to family and loved ones....
How to Become a Private Investigator
With the police and other security services offloading more of their investigative work onto specialist units, private investigation is a growth business area. We present a guide to become a private e...
How to Join MI6
Joining MI6 was once an operation as covert as the organisation’s official business, but now applying to become a spy is a matter of filling out the right application form....
How to Tell if You're Being Watched
Surveillance is easiest to implement at a target’s home or worksite, so those are the places to look most carefully for signs you’re being watched....
Installing Bugs and Cameras
Merely selling or possessing video or audio surveillance equipment is entirely legal. If you use the devices for the wrong reasons, however, you can quickly run afoul of the law....
Internet and E-mail
Email headers are included in every email message. They document the route of the email transmission from sender to recipient....
Internet Safety
The Internet can be a powerful research tool, but it is also rife with scams and schemes. This article discusses how to stay safe from such things when using the Internet....
Investigating Civil Claims
Your chances of winning a judgment in a civil claim or obtaining a satisfactory settlement out of court are based on the amount and quality of evidence you produce....
Investigating Compensation Companies
If you’re considering asking for the help of an accident compensation agency, it’s important to carefully investigate the quality of the services the company provides....
Investigating Credit Card and Bank Fraud
Credit card and bank account fraud are never simple matters to investigate. Anyone whose identity has been stolen knows the reporting process itself is daunting....
Investigating Current or Future Employers
Polite enquiries are good business. Successful businesspeople discover crucial details about a company before deciding whether to invest their time, effort, or financial resources....
Investigating Employee Misconduct
If you turn a bind eye to employee misconduct, you’ll ruin good workers’ morale and make your business even more vulnerable to losses....
Investigating Employment Discrimination
Investigating employment discrimination and discrimination law is a serious undertaking for those who believe they are being discriminated against. This article discusses how to investigate discrimin...
Investigating Landlord-Tenant Disputes
Tenants and landlords have statutory rights. The interpretation and application of the law can be tricky, but there are many resources available when you need help resolving a housing problem....
Investigating on the Internet
In the past decade, the potential of the Internet for investigating others was unleashed. This article discusses how to harness this potential for investigations and stay safe online....
Investigating Your Own Personal Injury
There are time limits for reporting accidents and injuries, notifying responsible parties, and filing compensation claims. The sooner you meet deadlines, the better your chances of success with your c...
Investigation Techniques-Canvassing
Canvassing takes time and effort, but the results are usually superior to other forms of intelligence gathering....
Is it Ever OK to Violate Their Privacy?
When it comes to violating a child’s privacy, the courts balance the conflicting interests of parent and child while taking into account the child’s welfare above all....
Local Library
If your computer skills are minimal or you’re unsure whether the material you find on the Web is credible, then you’re better off seeking information from your public library....
Locating Long Lost Family and Friends
When looking for long lost friends or relatives, there is no single best resource, but there are many free ones available to the tenacious researcher....
Looking For Missing People in Familiar Areas
Conducting research or surveillance at the places where people are compelled to appear is a standard technique used by investigators....
Meeting Long Lost Relatives
Meeting long lost relatives can be risky business. This article offers advice on how to stay safe when a “long lost relative” gets in touch....
Missing Children
Law enforcement officials will provide detailed instructions to parents of missing children and volunteers who want to help. This article provides some preliminary suggestions about what you can do....
Monitoring CCTV for Money
With its poor record in fighting crime CCTV is struggling to justify its huge cost, but will offering members of the public money to spot video wrongdoing help improve its effectiveness?...
Online Agencies for Investigative Use
You’ll be pleasantly surprised to learn of the many free investigative resources available on the Internet. You’ll also find many online businesses that will conduct specialized investigations for a f...
Online Databases for Investigative Use
With the caveat that new information sources are continually emerging on the Web, this article lists some good places to begin your database research....
Paying for Investigation
A good private investigator is not your personal advocate but a neutral source of factual information and hard evidence....
Protecting Privacy on Social Networking Sites
Social networking sites are powerful communication tools that enhance the lives of millions, but they are also a privacy hazard if you don't take care with how lightly you tread across the web....
Public Records
The do-it-yourself spy has access to many of the same public records used by police and private investigators and is disadvantaged only by a lack of familiarity and practice....
Questioning Friends & Siblings About Suspicions
If you want to question a child’s friends and siblings during your investigation, first consider their parents’ potential objections....
School: Teachers and Other Staff
Attentive parents try diligently to ensure their children get the best possible education, which can only be provided by qualified professionals....
Search Engines: Get Speedy Results
With patience, and a little skill, you can extract valuable investigative information from the Web using traditional search engines....
Spotting Identity Theft
If your identity used to commit fraud or conceal the true identity of a person arrested for a crime, you may not know it for months or even years....
Spotting Student Plagiarism
Thanks to the internet the problem of student plagiarism has become a complex one, but web innovation is also helping keep the cheats in check....
Spy for Your Local Council
In recruiting volunteers to monitor local 'environmental quality' are councils effectively encouraging people to spy on their neighbours?...
Spy Terms and Codes
It often seems as though spies have their own language. This article defines some of the most common terms and codes used by spies....
Stopping A Stalker
Stopping a stalker often requires the help of relatives, friends, colleagues, the police and the courts. This article offers basic information on stopping a stalker including by reporting the crime, ...
Suspicion and Looking at the Obvious
There is an invisible barrier between you and your investigation’s successful conclusion: your hidden assumptions about what you might find....
Suspicious or Paranoid?
Paranoia and possessiveness can quickly destroy a romance. On the other hand, the prevalence of infidelity is enough to cause anyone to lose confidence....
Telephone Use
Telephones are among your primary means of gathering information. Knowing how to exploit all of a phone’s features is an important asset to any investigator....
Termination, Redundancy or Retirement
This article summarizes what you need to know about being dismissed from your job and discusses the importance of saving enough to maintain your standard of living throughout retirement....
The Aftermath of a Stressful Confrontation
Not every problem will have a solution, but the aftermath of a confrontation can be a time for growth and progress....
The Benefits and Dangers of a Surveillance Society
Surveillance and personal data collection has the potential to be of great benefit to society but only if maintained with care, otherwise it risks jeopardising the public safety it’s meant to protect....
The Police and Public Records
Police publications and records databases are rich data troves from which journalists regularly retrieve material they then analyse for patterns or newsworthy stories, an example you can follow....
The Rules on Covert Cameras
If you want to record the actions of others without their knowledge then a range of ingenious covert cameras are available to satisfy your undercover needs....
Tracing Beneficiaries
What happens when intended recipients are unaware of the existence of unclaimed funds and efforts to locate beneficiaries are ineffective?...
Tracking Systems For Private Investigations
A variety of ingenious tracking systems are now available to help you keep tabs on both your valuable assets and various family members....
Using Home CCTV
The importance of choosing a CCTV system that is effective as well as easy for you to operate cannot be overemphasized....
What is Spyware and How Does it Work?
If your computer starts slowing down, crashing or behaving in a strange manner then it may have been infected by spyware, but what is it and how does it work?...
What to Remember or Collect if You're Burgled
To recover from a burglary, first prepare for it. After you’ve become a victim, it’ll be too late to record serial numbers, take photographs, install locks, or purchase insurance....
What to Remember or Collect if You're Mugged
If you are mugged, ring 999 and be prepared to provide your exact location. The operator will dispatch an ambulance, paramedics, and police officers as needed....
When is a Missing Person Presumed Dead?
Normally, in the UK a missing person may be declared legally dead no less than seven years after disappearing without explanation, unless other convincing evidence of the person’s death exists....
Where do I Start?
This checklist will prompt you to think about your investigative strategy, but your success will be mostly the result of diligence....
Who To Report an Accident or Injury to
You will have an extremely difficult time proving a claim for compensation if you fail to report your accident or injury to the appropriate authority....
Your Legal Rights as an Employee
The first step in any investigation of your rights as an employee should be to familiarize yourself with the applicable laws....