The Business
Why TikTok Is Crucial in Online Investigations (and How to Use It)
Investigators can’t afford to ignore the vast quantities of easily-accessible content (and potentially, evidence) on this fast-growing video-sharing app. Social... Read More
How to Overturn a Wrongful Conviction
Tradecraft Tips: A Texas attorney describes the grueling fights and hard-won victories that make up a career righting wrongs in... Read More
Are You a Seven-Tool Investigator?
A Nebraska PI outlines seven key skills and techniques in a private investigator’s toolbox. Baseball coaches and pundits talk about five-tool baseball players. A baseball player’s five tools are the ability to run, catch, throw, hit, and hit for power.... Read More
How to Find a Missing Person
Tradecraft Tips: A Bay-Area PI shares advice for both the investigative and business aspects of missing persons cases. When someone... Read More
How to Investigate War Crimes
Tradecraft Tips: A former FBI agent and private investigator shares a behind-the-scenes look at war crime investigations for the UN.... Read More
The Hague Convention and International Child Abduction Cases
An overview of what the Convention is, how it works, and what private investigators need to know when working international child abductions and custody disputes that cross borders What is it? The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International... Read More
A Process Server’s Guide to Simple OSINT Tools for Skip Tracing
A Louisiana private investigator and process server offers an overview of some simple but lesser-known OSINT techniques. What is OSINT?... Read More
The Case of the Nonexistent Inventory
Forensic accountant Leah Wietholter reflects on a fraud case that helped her consider the subjects of her investigations in a... Read More