Case Studies
No two Investigations are the same, some are similar, all have the same requirement for a successful conclusion, even if not as anticipated.
Read below for a few of the cases we have concluded to give an idea of how we may be able to assist in your case.
Our client was a woman living in Eastern Europe who contacted us because she wanted to trace a former British soldier. This lady had been just a young girl during the early to mid 1990’s when war broke out in her country and she found herself living with her parents and siblings in the midst of the Bosnian War. British soldiers were sent to the area as peacekeepers and were witness to terrible human atrocities whilst there, as were the civilians of the country. Amongst all of the difficulties, a British soldier was very kind to this young girl, teaching her English, telling her stories from England and having his wife at home send over books for her to learn from. She never forgot this soldier and his family, he started her enthusiasm to learn English and to take seriously, education. Following the end of the war, she got a degree and then a profession and today she has a job making a real difference in her home land. She asked us to trace him so she could thank him and tell him she never forgot him, which we were successful in doing and after taking appropriate security checks and precautions, were able to re-unite them again.
Our clients’ Former employee was making a claim for compensation following an accident at work. The compensation claim sought was for the injuries sustained, were allegedly so severe that prevented the individual from leaving the house, from driving a vehicle and from spending any quality time with his children who lived elsewhere.
A short period of surveillance was conducted and on one of those sessions, the subject was sighted leaving home on foot, independent of any walking aids or any visible restrictions and taking a walk around the local park whilst talking on the phone the whole time. On the next session the subject of enquiry was sighted leaving home by driving a vehicle, collecting a small number of children and driving them all to a motorsport event in which they all, including the subject of enquiry participated.
The high quality of evidence obtained, left no doubt that the subject of enquiry was clearly identifiable and clearly not inhibited by the injuries he claimed from going the activities he alleged to be.
Our client explained that his elderly mother was in a Care Home, arranged by his sister, and she will not tell him which home she is in. Following a conversation it is apparent that a degree of financial misconduct and control has been undertaken by the sister against the mothers estate with the view of denying the brother (Client) any part in the mothers finances. Legally issued documents have largely been ignored by the sister.
We engaged in surveillance of the sister and eventually ascertained the Care Home she visited, infrequently, together with a background on the sister and her family indicating an unusual increase in her wealth and spend. This enabled the Client to seek the relevant legal action to enable him contact with his mother and, with the assistance of Social Services, a correction of the Mothers finances.
Our Client reported that his son had engaged in an online relationship with a female and has drastically changed his behaviour, stolen money from his parents and is keeping odd hours. A background in respect of the sons ‘girlfriend’ finds that she is in a relationship already and, in fact, lives with a partner. Further background enquiry ascertains that the name she has given him is false and that she, and her live-in partner, have a criminal history. This is reported to the Client and he, in turn, reports to the son. The son eventually sees the light and ends the relationship renewing his previous relationship with his family.
Our client engages in an online relationship with a female and eventually sends inappropriate photographs and messages. The female has undertaken her own background enquiries in respect of our client and is aware of his elevated status. Threats are then made that if the Client doesn’t pay a certain amount of money the inappropriate images will be sent to his place of employment. Our subsequent enquiries identified the female concerned and she was approached. Once she realised that her identity was known and that police could, and would, be advised no further contact was heard.
An organisation came to us to track down where a vehicle was just before the time it had involved in a significant incident. The incident occurred 6 years previously. After intelligence gathering was completed, all old images on Google Street View failed to capture a sighting of the vehicle in any anticipated locations which were gathered in the intelligence work. We then visited the key locations to make historical enquiries. One location was extremely promising, a block of flats overlooking a communal parking area.
A family came to us in distress to identify any footage that could assist them in their legal claim following an incident which occurred a few weeks earlier. Council owned CCTV can only be accesses via enforcement agencies such as the Police and Security Services however CCTV on private homes and businesses can be accessed with permission and partnership from the owners. Unfortunately most modern systems record over themselves after a period of 30 days, sometimes 14 and sometimes just 7, or at month end. Despite best efforts, we were unable to locate any footage as the time passed, was beyond that of any systems retained for.
The moral of these two cases is that the best outcomes can be achieved if we are instructed in a timely manner. The speedier we are instructed to investigate, the more chance there is of a result.
