We recently had a very interesting internal mail sent regarding phone-hacking from the World Association of Professional Investigators www.WAPI.com and thought it rather relevant and thought it best to share it with our fellow readers. Clearer line needed on phone-hacking The information commissioner is right when he calls the legislation ‘very uneven and very unclear’ [...]
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Phone-Hacking
May 17th, 2011Nationwide Investigations Group – Press Release
April 27th, 2011Private Investigators Firm, NIG, Offers Extensive Investigative Services Spanning Across All Sectors in the UK One of Britain’s premier private investigation organisations, Nationwide Investigations Group or NIG at NIG.co.uk has extensive experience in investigative matters that are known throughout the United Kingdom, Europe and the world. Click Here for the full press release
Boiler Room Scams
April 12th, 2011Nationwide Investigations Group has had a recent increase in the demand for Private Investigators in London being instructed by Clients who have been “scammed” out of large sums of money on fraudulent Shares/Stocks Deals! A few of our members have asked for an explanation regarding what a boiler room scam actually means, so we thought [...]
Facebook used to serve court summons!
March 30th, 2011Social Networking website used to serve a court summons A lawyer based in Britain has used a Social Networking website to serve a court summons, in what is believed to be the first such case in Britain. Hilary Thorpe a solicitor based in Eastbourne was finding it difficult to reach a debtor in order to [...]
To Encrypt or Not to Encrypt
March 19th, 2011With the extremely high rise in identity theft it’s become an increasingly popular practice to purchase encryption based software to further protect sensitive information. While the major operating systems provide a certain level of encryption security to your emails and telephony calls, this type of standard software based applications does not provide 100% guaranteed security. [...]
Cyber Bullies Exposed
March 4th, 2011In today’s day and age a major concern for all parents is that their children are so vulnerable to a number of different types of bullying and attacks. From mobile phones to internet cyber bullying our children and families are exposed to a whole new world of bullying. Here are a few forms of [...]
Operation Nevada Targets Training Malpractice
February 25th, 2011Four London-based training providers can no longer provide SIA licence-linked training. After we received intelligence about the centres, Operation Nevada was launched involving our investigators, the Metropolitan Police, awarding bodies (HABC, EDI, Edexcel), the qualifications regulator Ofqual, and the UK Border Agency. Police have arrested one individual on suspicion of fraud, and the police and [...]
BTEC Level 3 qualification approved by SIA
February 23rd, 2011Concerns that the BTEC Level 3 qualification will not meet the SIA’s approval. The SIA have confirmed that the API (Academy of Professional Investigation) Edexcel BTEC Advanced Private Investigation Level 3 Diploma Course sufficiently covers the scope of the SIA Specification for Private Investigators when the licensing of private investigators commences which will lead to an exemption for [...]
Catching a cheating partner.
March 16th, 2010Its never good to be caught with your trousers down! In the 70′s a young man came to our London office with what seemed to be at first an unbelievable story. He said he had recently been released from prison having been sentenced to 12 months for theft from his and his wife’s employer who supplied [...]
Haunted or Taunted?
March 3rd, 2010We have all had potential clients who have appeared to be more in need of psychiactric help rather than a Private Investigator although it’s always prudent not to dismiss these people out of hand. One good example of this was a client who approached us many years ago seeking help to catch a ghost that was [...]
