History of Private Investigations

This July 24 will mark National Private Investigators Day. The day honors the success and importance of the profession and highlights the changing needs and requirements for private investigators to do their work. National Private Investigators Day was kicked off...

Being Catfished? How to Know & What to Do

Anyone who has ever had online dating experiences knows that there is a chance of being catfished, a term used to define luring another person into a relationship by means of a fictional online persona. We’ve had cases of such. One client was smart enough to think he...

Does the Hague Convention Work?

“Often the Hague Convention works, and it is certainly better than relying on undefined principles of comity that would likely force left-behind parents to litigate the bests interests of the child anew after the other parent forum shops,” said Barry S. Pollack,...

Hague Convention & International Child Abduction

There have been many cases in the news of parents kidnapping their own children and fleeing to foreign soil. Even less dramatic than that are the number of parents who leave on approved vacations with their children to other countries never to return, violating...

Catching a Liar

We thought since it was the middle of an election cycle we would cover a topic we deal with every day – how to tell when someone is lying to you. Every interview we have whether it’s with a client, suspect or witness, we as private investigators have to assess the...

Investigating Caregiver Abuse

Caregiver abuse is typically defined as abuse by someone providing care for the elderly or a person with a disability. Elder abuse is a broad term encompassing all types of abuse and neglect but not always specifically caused by someone in a caretaker role. The term...