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Investigators are experts in following a person's virtual or paper trail. But what if there isn't one? Read More

Sometimes, a person doesn't want to be found. In non-criminal cases, we investigators have to respect that. Read More

I was startled to read that in 2010 the United States was ranked sixth in the world for “kidnapping-for-ransom” crimes according to the available statistics (after Columbia, Italy, Lebanon, Peru, and the Philippines).  In June 2010, Senator John McCain stated that Read More

Locating people is one of the tasks private investigators are often called upon to do, but the difficulty of finding someone varies quite a bit depending on whom that “someone” is. This fact is especially true for people on both extremes of the socio-economic spectrum. People who Read More

In the mid-1990s to early 2000’s, we entered an era when the “Information Age” precipitated a shift in the private investigations industry then made up largely of “Gumshoe Investigators” to one whose population was being replaced by a new age of “Internet Investigators.” Database Read More

Believe it or not, I was already intending to write about an idea you can use to obtain some free publicity for your agency during the Christmas season. However, as if to validate the concept that ‘Timing is Everything,” this idea is about to receive a tremendous blast in its Read More

Wouldn’t it be great if we could perfect service on the 1st attempt every time? We all know not every serve can go as planned and oftentimes difficult people make for difficult situations. As a process server I find that my skills at times are tested. When these difficult Read More

Have you ever read the fine print on a credit application you’ve signed? It says that you give the creditor permission to inquire about and share credit information with other creditors. This has long been the “Secret Weapon” used by ALL bill collectors! Essentially, they can Read More