A small business in Christchurch, New Zealand, is just the latest victim of a growing area of crime – the ‘cyber inside job’. While many organisations recognise the risk from outside attacks such as hacking and fraud, few are as well aware of the risks that arise from cyber sabotage or cyber blackmail. Cyber sabotage […]
Who is my ex dating and how do they treat my children? Increasingly we see that our trained private detectives are being hired to investigate child welfare and assist families who are involved in child custody cases. It can be stressful to think about the fact that your ex-partner is in a new relationship and […]
In December 2016 Yahoo revealed that hackers stole data from more than 1 billion user accounts back in August 2013. It’s one of the biggest data breaches in the history of cybercrime and it follows on a similar announcement that in 2014, data from 500 million accounts was stolen. Even the worst mathematician can add […]
There’s been an increasing focus on company bosses, from Sir Philip Green’s knighthood being questioned to The Director of the Serious Fraud Office, David Green CB QC, calling for corporate criminal responsibility and a new corporate offence of ‘failing to prevent economic crime’ in 2014. As a result, many companies are calling for more support […]
We all know about fraud these days. From Nigerian scammers to those bogus calls from the police claiming that fraudsters are hacking into our bank accounts, most of us are aware that our savings and our actual identities are at risk. Knowing how to protect ourselves against cyber-fraud is something else entirely. Protection against fraud […]
Several recent cases have shown that private detectives quash convictions: David Bryant conviction quashed with help of private detectives Five years after being found guilty of sexual assault David Bryant was freed from jail when his wife, Lynn, hired a private investigator and put together a new legal team to prove that his accuser, Daniel […]
Very few of a private detective’s cases actually involve working across international borders – which is why very few PI agencies have the kind of experience that allows them to conduct an effective investigation transnationally. This issue is about to become even more important with the Brexit vote, because as international police and crime information […]
The Osbourne’s marriage and private investigators It’s astonishing to the professional private investigators at Private detective.co.uk how often a private detective ends up in the news, often related to stories about celebrities. This month is no exception – once again it’s cheating partners that are making headlines.Sharon Osbourne has been working with a private detective […]
China’s bigamy & adultery consultants In China, private detectives are illegal, because in 1993 the Ministry of Public Security issued a ban prohibiting any form of investigation conduct by private organisations or individuals. At the same time, China’s divorce rate has been growing exponentially and extramarital affairs are cited in 73% of marriage breakdowns. So […]
Junior Detective Agency act for Neighbours. In New York we’ve found the cutest Detective Agency ever! Gore & Gore Junior Detective Agency have already closed three cases which is pretty impressive, given that their two founders are Jack, aged ten and Phoebe, aged seven! The Gore kids are very much the kind of private investigators […]