People often ask the question – is it legal to hire a private investigator in the UK? And the simple answer is yes. However, what services a private investigator can offer legally is where confusion can often arise. Unfortunately, when we hear the words private investigator many people think of Magnum PI or Sherlock Holmes…
Private investigators have been around for many years. The first recorded instance of an official private detective agency operating dates back to 1833 in Paris where a soldier and one time criminal Eugene Francois Vidocq set up a business that involved the hiring of ex-convicts and criminals to carry out operations that the police of the day…
In the busy environment and world of a commercial or corporate business, there are many forms of corporate investigations. Many situations occur where a corporate investigation is required to help identify underhand internal activities right through to matters such as employee absenteeism. However, due to a general lack of knowledge of the services that private detectives offer,…
There has always been employee theft in the workplace, a sad reality of commerce. With the ever increasing systems and infrastructure commercial enterprises can depend on, somewhere somebody or a criminal organisation is working away trying to steal stock, goods, information, which makes bottom line profits even harder to achieve. The UK recession saw a…
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Unfaithful partners. Just the phrase is enough to make some people angry, others sad and even more just nervous. Nobody wants to be with a partner that is two-timing them; it’s the ultimate betrayal. But how can you know if your loved one is trustworthy? When you look at the numbers it’s hardly surprising that…
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With the rise in true crime documentaries and TV dramas such as Agatha Raisin, Sherlock and Strike, it’s easy to think that a private investigator is simply hiding in bushes, sleuthing with a trusty sidekick and carrying a magnifying glass. Although that romantic notion of a private investigator is what we see on our TVs…
An essential service for unpicking complex issues, hiring a private investigator can provide a level of care and diligence that would be impossible to secure from anywhere else. But with so many ideas and misconceptions around what it is that a private detective specifically does; it can be hard to know when to hire one…
As the old saying goes, we can choose our friends but not our family. And if one of your nearest and dearest suddenly goes missing, you might find yourself wishing you could hire a private investigator to find and locate them. But it’s not just fiction. When somebody disappears it can be upsetting, frightening and…
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It seems like the stuff of late night television, but it really is possible to hire a private investigator to explore situations on your behalf. Here at Insight Investigations, we’ve been doing this for over thirty years, using the latest surveillance equipment to solve mysteries and provide closure for our clients. Why do people hire…
Throughout English literature, the female detective is a frequently encountered character. From Marian Halcombe in the Woman in White, through the incomparable Miss Marple, to Precious Ramotswe and Nancy Drew, women have left their mark on fictional sleuthing. Female Detectives Yet it’s those very same gifts that prove so formidable in fictional detectives that give…