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Category Archives: International

23 Jan

Australian Private Investigators Hired to Have Sex at Brothels

A number of local town councils in Australia have reportedly paid thousands of dollars to private investigators to visit brothels in an effort to gather evidence. “But honey, I was just doing my job…really!” (..now a ‘divorced’ PI) It’s hard...
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16 Jan

Canadian databases of people finders and registered stallions

Looking for unusual types of assets? Search the Canadian Stallion Directory for pedigree horses by the first initial of the owner or farm. Ancestors On Board is a database of ship passengers traveling from the British Isles from the years...
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16 Jan

Canadian PI perspective on personal information restrictions

Canadian private investigator, Kevin D. Bousquet has an extensive analysis of the detrimental effects of privacy regulation on the public and the everyday work of attorneys. [Thanks: Ca Privacy Law] The public is in panic over crimes like impersonation, bank...
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18 Dec

Private Investigator Hired to Investigate Israeli Soccer Scandal

An International Herald Tribune article is reporting that Asher Weizman, a private investigator employed by the Israel Football Association (IFA) is investigating a match-fixing scandal. The IFA convened an emergency meeting Monday as two more Israeli soccer players were arrested...
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16 Dec

Canadian Private Investigator Fined for Accessing Police Computer System

CBC News is reporting that Michael Robinson, a Saskatoon private investigator has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $20,000 fine for unlawfully accessing a police computer system at the Balcarres RCMP detachment. It seems that this is not the...
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14 Dec

British Private Detective ‘did 11,000 illicit jobs’ For UK Newspapers

Richard Thomas, the British Information Commissioner, has concluded in his report for Parliament that the means used by a private detective were probably illicit in more than 11,000 of the assignments. This information was the result of a police raid...
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8 Dec

Information disclosure in federal & state laws

OpentheGovernment.org lists several new reports released by open government organizations. The National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC) report, Federal Controls on State Information Disclosure:FERPA, HIPAA and DPPA, addresses “barriers to state records that federal legislation erects.” Also, go to The...
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4 Dec

Malta Private Investigator Jailed for 2 Years For Fabricating Report

A Times of Malta article is reporting that private investigator Joseph Zahra has been jailed for two years for fabricated a report he submitted involving a government Cabinet official. Former Finance and Foreign Affairs Minister John Dalli resigned his Cabinet...
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27 Nov

New Law for Private Detectives in India

This Headquarters India.com article states that the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil recently said that there was need for synergy between public and private security and announced that there will be a new law on private detective agencies. “The law...
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7 Jul

This week in public records: Pennsylvania – New Mexico – Virgin Islands

Pennsylvania’s HB1746, which is now the law, makes law enforcement and criminal court records of a juvenile available to the public if the accused was over 14 years old at the time of the offense, and the crime would have...
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